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BOARD  OF 
EDUCATION 


DECATUR,  : ILLINOIS 


GENERAL  REPORT 

1900-1907 

WITH 

OVERVIEWS 

1865-1907 


Table  of  Contents 


Picture  of  Mr.  E.  A.  Gastman  - Frontispiece 

Decatur  Public  Schools,  1862-1900  - - - - 7 

Extracts  from  the  Minutes  of  the  Board,  1900-1907  - 10 

Pictures  of  the  Boards  of  Education,  1865  and  1907  - 6 and  16 

Alphabetical  list  of  Teachers  employed  1865-1907  - 17 

List  of  Supplementary  Reading  used  in  1907  - - 21 

Pictures  of  Treasurers  - - - - - 22 

Treasurer’s  Report — Receipts  23 


Treasurer's  Report-Disbursements  { femanent  Improvement^}  Insert 


List  of  School  Properties  - Insert 


Picture  of  the  Church  Street  School  and  the  E.  A.  Gastman  School  26 


Description  of  the  Church  Street  School  and  the  E.  A.  Gastman  School  27 


Wood  Street  School — Description 

J ackson  Street  School — Description  - 

Sangamon  Street  School — Description  - 

J asper  Street  School — Description  - 

Marietta  Street  School — Description  ... 

Warren  Street  School — Description  - 

H.  B.  Durfee  School — Description  ... 

The  Pugh  School — Description  - - - 

The  Oakland  School — Description  - 

The  Riverside  School — Description  ... 

The  Roach  School — Description  - - 

The  Jones  School  and  the  West  Main  Street  School — Description 

The  High  School — Description  - 

Historical  Sketch  - - 

Science  Department  - - - - - 

The  Literary  Societies  j Forum 
The  High  School  Library  - 

I 

Alumni  Association  - - 

Graduates  by  Classes  1868-1907  - 

Alphabetical  List  of  Graduates 
In  Conclusion 

Table — Number  of  Teachers  and  Pupils  1900-1907 
Table — Growth  of  the  City  and  the  Public  Schools 


28-29 

30-31 

32-33 

34-35 

|36-37 

38-39 

40-41 

42-43 

44-45 

46-47 

48-49 

50-51 

52-53 

54 

55 

58 

61 

63 

72 

77 

88 

99 

100 

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OFFICIAL  ORGANIZATION 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 

JAMES  F.  ROACH  .... 
ROBERT  R.  MONTGOMERY 
MRS.  MINNIE  P.  HOSTETLER 


Term  Expires  1908 
Term  Expires  1909 
Term  Expires  1910 


OFFICERS  OF  THE  BOARD. 

JAMES  F.  ROACH,  President. 

BENJAMIN  O.  McREYNOLDS,  Treasure/, 

ENOCH  A.  GASTMAN,  Clerk  and  Supt.,  1906-7 

H.  B.  WILSON.  Clerk  and  Supt.,  1907-8 


The  regular  meetings  of  the  Board  are  held  on  the  second  Tuesday 
evening  of  each  month  at  7:30  p.  m.,  in  the  office  of  the  High  School. 

Office  hours  of  the  Superintendent,  4:00  to  5:00  p.  m.  On  Satur- 
days, 9:30  to  11:00  a.  m. 


EXPLANATORY. 

In  1900,  Superintendent  E.  A.  Gastman  prepared  a report  summar- 
izing the  growth  of  the  schools  of  Decatur  from  their  organization  to  that 
date.  This  volume  attempts  to  carry  down  to  the  close  of  his  adminis- 
tration the  essential  features  of  the  previous  condensed  report.  Had 
he  been  spared  to  do  it,  Mr.  Gastman  intended  to  do  what  others  have 
attempted  to  do  as  we  believe  he  would  have  done  it.  Practically  all 
of  the  work  of  compiling  and  arranging  this  volume  has  been  done  by 
Miss  Anna  S.  Vetterliet  during  the  last  semester  of  this  school  year  at 
times  when  her  duties  as  general  supply  teacher  for  the  schools  permitted. 
Fortune  has  favored  in  enabling  us  to  have  the  services  of  one  who  had 
a first  hand  acquaintance  with  much  of  the  matter  herein  presented  and 
who  was  altogether  so  capable  of  performing  this  task.  This  volume  and 
the  one  which  preceded  it  will  be  treasured  by  those  who  knew  Mr.  Gast- 
man and  his  work,  for  they  will  constitute  another  of  the  many  evidences 
that,  while  he  is  gone,  his  work  and  influence  still  manifest  themselves  in 
manifold  ways. 

H.  B.  WILSON, 

Clerk  and  Supt,  of  Schools. 


June  12,  1908. 


REV.  D.  P.  BUNN  WM.  L.  HAMMER  CALEB  C.  BURROUGHS 
First  Board  of  Education 


DECATUR  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS. 

1862-1907 


The  purpose  of  this  report  is  to  give  a brief  history  of  the  Decatur 
Public  Schools  from  1862  when  Mr.  Gastman  assumed  his  duties  here,  to 
August,  1907,  when  he  laid  them  aside.  In  that  time  the  buildings  in- 
creased in  number  from  one  to  thirteen,  the  course  of  study  was  much 
enriched , and  the  methods  of  teaching  completely  revolutionized.  Only  a 
summary  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Board  of  Education  from  1865  to 
1900  is  given  in  this  report  because  a detailed  account  of,  them  was  pub- 
lished in  1900.  Beginning  with  July  1,  1900,  and  ending  with  June 
30.  1907,  extracts  are  given  from  the  minutes  of  the  board. 

Mr.  Gastman  was  appointed  to  the  position  of  principal  of  the  High 
School  and  superintendent  of  all  the  schools  by  the  Board  of  Directors 
June  12,  1862.  The  school  term  was  six  months  and  his  salary  was  $80 
per  nfionth.  The  following  year  it  was  determined  by  popular  vote 
to  extend  the  school  term  to  nine  months.  The  Board  of  Directors, 
finding  at  this  time,  that  the  powers  accorded  them  by  the  state  law  for 
the  management  of  the  schools  of  a rural  district,  was  not  sufficient  to 
carry  on  efficiently  the  schools  of  the  rapidly  growing  city,  determined 
to  petition  the  legislature  for  a special  charter.  Upon  the  recommend- 
ation of  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  Mr.  Bateman, 
a charter  similar  to  one  granted  to  Rock  Island  in  1857  was  adopted 
with  some  amendments. 

In  accordance  with  the  new  charter  an  election  for  Members  of  the 
Board  of  Education  was  held  was  held  April  4,  1865.  William  L.  Ham- 
mer, Caleb  C.  Burroughs,  and  David  P.  Bunn  were  elected,  Mr  Bunn 
was  made  president  and  the  superintendent  was  appointed  clerk  of  the 
Board  at  the  first  meeting.  Jerome  R.  Gorin  was  unanimously  elected 
treasurer  of  the  board,  his  bond  being  fixed  at  $25,000  and  his  salary  at 
one  and  one-half  per  cent,  of  all  moneys  received  and  disbursed. 

The  Board  began  at  once  to  provide  better  school  accommodations 
for  the  children.  Under  the  existing  conditions  this  was  no  easy  task. 
A new  building  was  sorely  needed  in  the  first  ward.  The  lot  had  been 
purchased,  plans  accepted  and  bids  received,  but,  because  of  lack  of 
funds,  the  building  could  not  be  erected.  WJL.  Hammer  was  author- 


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ized  to  try  to  borrow  the  required  amount  but  was  unable  to  find  anyone 
willing  to  make  the  loan.  It  was  two  years  before  the  building  was  put 
up.  Within  five  years  of  its  organization,  however,  the  board  had  built 
two  ward  schools  and  the  high  school,  and  had  fitted  up  a room  in  the 
south  part  of  the  city  for  use  of  colored  children,  in  response  to  a petition 
of  the  colored  population  of  the  city. 

School  boards  had  to  be  educated  in  the  matter  of  furnishing  school 
supplies.  Mr.  Gastman,  though  anxious  to  have  the  schools  well  equipped, 
was  too  wise  to  frighten  the  Board  by  making  what  might  seem  to  them 
exhorbitant  demands.  In  1866  he  obtained  by  vote  of  the  Board,  five 
globes  and  ink  to  be  used  in  the  schools.  Three  years  later  pens  and  pen- 
holders were  supplied  by  the  Board  for  the  first  time.  In  1875  the  super- 
intendent was  authorized  to  purchase  writing  paper  for  future  examina- 
tions and  in  1888  it  was  voted  to  furnish  drawing  paper  the  same  as 
other  supplies. 

Very  early  in  its  history  the  Board  made  provision  for  the  indigent 
children  in  the  schools.  In  1866  the  superintendent  was  directed  to 
spend  not  less  than  five  dollars  ($5)  in  the  purchase  of  books  for  poor 
children;  and  later  the  same  year  the  rent  received  from  a circus  company 
for  the  use  of  the  lots  purchased  for  a site  for  the  high  school  was  de- 
voted to  the  same  purpose.  As  the  years  passed  the  amounts  appropri- 
ated for  this  use  were  gradually  increased'  to  meet  the  growing  demand. 

The  people  of  Decatur,  ever  proud  of  their  schools,  were  glad  to 
have  the  course  of  study  enriched  as  often  as  was  deemed  practicable. 
In  1866  a petition  was  presented  to  the  Board  asking  that  German  be 
made  a part  of  the  course  of  study  in  the  ward  schools.  The  question 
was  fully  discussed  but  the  Board  decided  it  would  be  inadvisable  to 
grant  the  petition.  United  States  history  was  introduced  in  the  upper 
grades  the  following  year.  About  the  same  time  formal  instruction 
in  music  was  begun.  Mr.  Soule  was  employed  to  give  two  lessons  weekly 
in  vocal  music  in  the  high  school  at  $1  per  lesson.  Owing  to  the  fact 
that  the  pupils  were  at  this  time  not  supplied  with  properly  graded  books, 
the  experiment  did  not  prove  successful.  Four  years  later  it  was  or- 
dered that  Blackmer’s  graded  songs  be  used  in  the  schools.  This  was 
the  first  text-book  in  music  adopted.  The  first  supervisor  of  music  was 
not  employed  till  1891,  when  Miss  Elizabeth  Knieper  was  appointed. 

Although  an  effort  had  been  made  to  introduce  drawing  as  a regular 
study  as  early  as  1875  it  was  not  so  regarded  until  1887.  At  that  time 
Prang’s  drawing  books  were  adopted.  Four  years  after  this  Mrs.  L.  L. 
Miller  was  employed  to  supervise  drawing,  and  from  that  time  there  has 
been  a steady  advance  in  the  subject.  In  1896  at  the  Woman’s  Club 
building,  the  schools  had  their  first  drawing  exhibit.  As  a result  of  that 
exhibit,  the  request  came  to  the  Board  to  make  drawing  as  compulsory 
as  the  other  branches  Jin  the  schools. 


BOARDIOFJEDUCATION. 


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Physical  culture  was  introduced  into  the  schools  in  1898,  the  par- 
ents having  indicated  their  desire  for  it  in  response  to  a circular  letter 
issued  by  Mr.  Gastman. 

By  1900  there  were  in  the  city  two  four-room  buildings,  two  six- 
roorii  buildings,  and  six  eight-room  buildings  beside  the  sixteen-room 
high  school.  The  later  buildings  showed  a striking  improvement  in 
construction  and  sanitation  over  the  earlier  ones.  Careful  consideration 
procured  the  best  possible  lighting,  heating  and  ventilation. 
Single  seats  had  replaced  the  double  ones  formerly  in  use.  City 
water  had  been  put  into  most  of  the  buildings,  and  every  school 
was  provided  with  a telephone  greatly  expediting  the  transaction  of 
schoql  business.  The  laboratories  in  the  high  school  presented  a marked 
contrast  to  the  first  laboratory.  That  had  been  fitted  up  (1878)  in  the 
west  room  of  the  basement  at  a cost  of  $150.  The  new  laboratories 
occupy  large  front  rooms  and  are  fully  equipped  with  modern  ap- 
paratus. 

The  Board,  recognizing  the  fact  that  the  amount  of  work  accom- 
plished in  school  is  not  commensurate  with  the  length  of  the  daily  ses- 
sions, changed  the  closing-  hours  as  conditions  demanded.  In  1878  four 
o’clock  was  set  as  the  closing  time  instead  of  4:30,  as  formerly,  in  the 
ward  schools  and  in  1900,  the  one-session  plan  was  adopted  in  the  high 
school. 

The  schools  had  by  this  time  grown  to  such  proportions  that  it  was 
impossible  for  the  superintendent  to  supervise  the  work  efficiently 
unassisted.  The  Board  therefore  appointed  Miss  Flora  B,  Smith  director 
of  primary  methods. 


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EXTRACTS  FROM  THE  MINUTES 


Of  the  Board  of  Education, 
July  1,  1900  to  June  30,  1907. 


Nov.  8,  1900.  In  response  to  a letter  received  from  Galveston, 
Texas,  the  teachers  were  requested  to  receive  any  amounts  the  children 
might  contribute  for  the  restoration  and  repairing  of  the  school  buildings 
of  that  city  which  had  been  destroyed  by  the  storm,  as  the  destruction 
of -property  was  so  great  and  so  general  that  nothing  could  be  expected 
from  that  city  for  that  purpose  or  for  the  maintenance  of  the  schools 
after  they  were  restored. 

Jan.  10,  1901.  Permission  was  given  Mrs.  Jeanette  L.  Tyler  to 
give  a public  exhibition  of  school  gymnastics  in  the  opera  house  on  the 
evening  of  Jan.  29. 

On  the  same  date  the  clerk  was  directed  to  invite  the  president  of 
the  University  of  Michigan  to  send  a committee  to  examine  our  high 
school. 

Feb.  14,  1901,  it  was  ordered  that  the  spring  vacation  be  from  March 
29th  to  April  8th  instead  of  from  March  22d  to  April  1st  as  heretofore 
published.  The  change  was  made  to  accommodate  the  Central  Illinois 
Teachers’  Association  which  met  in  this  city  March  29th  and  30th. 

May  9,  1901,  a petition  for  an  increase  of  salary  was  submittted  to 
the  Board  by  the  principals.  The  petition  was  read  but  no  action  taken. 

May  27,  1901,  it  was  ordered  after  some  discussion  that  plans  be 
prepared  for  an  addition  of  two  rooms  on  the  southeast  corner  of  the  Durfee 
school.  The  contract  was  awarded  to  A.  H.  Humphrey  for  $4694,  and 
the  plans  of  Patterson  & Bainum  were  adopted. 

August  27,  1901,  Mr.  Gastman  was  re-elected  superintendent  for 
the  fortieth  year  with  the  understanding  that  either  the  Board  or  he  could 
terminate  the  engagement  at  any  time. 

Nov.  21,  1901,  it  was  ordered  that  a projection  apparatus  be  pur- 
chased for  the  use  of  the  science  department  of  the  high  school. 

Jan.  9,  1902,  the  following  communication  from  the  city  board  of 
health  was  read: 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION.  "71 


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Whereas,  smallpox  is  prevalent  in  Decatur  and  in  all  of  the  large 
towns  in  this  vicinity,  and  epidemic  at  Lincoln,  Illinois,  it  is  advisable 
that  all  children  be  vaccinated  and  we  request  you  require  all  pupils 
not  vaccinated  to  be  vaccinated  under  penalty  of  expulsion. 

C.  Chenoweth,  President. 

(Signed)  M.  Peniwell,  Clerk  of  Board  of  Health. 

On  motion  it  was  ordered  that  all  pupils  in  the  schools  be  required 
to  furnish  a physician’s  certificate  showing  that  they  have  been  vaccinated 
in  accordance  with  the  above  order  of  the  board  of  health. 

At  the  next  meeting,  Jan.  16,  1902,  it  was  ordered  that  apparatus 
and  material  for  disinfecting  the  school  building  be  f^irchased. 

May  8,  1902,  the  matter  of  making  a small  addition  to  the  salaries 
of  the  teachers  in  the  schools  was  discussed  with  an  apparent  feeling 
among  the  members  that  a reasonable  addition  should  be  made  next 
year  to  the  salaries  then  paid. 

Dec.  9,  1902,  a request  for  a night  school  was  made  to  the  Board, 
but  the  financial  condition  of  the  Board  at  the  time  did  not  permit  any 
increased  expenditures. 

Jan.  15,  1903,  Mr.  J.  F.  Roach  offered  the  following  resolution  which 
was  adopted  by  ax unanimous  vote: 

“ Resolved , That  we  erect  on  the  present  site  of  the  Church  street 
school  a schoolhouse  containing  ten  or  eleven  rooms.  The  building  to 
be  two  stories  with  basement,  and  an  attic  of  sufficient  size  to  be  used 
as  an  auditorium,  and  to  seat  not  less  than  600  persons,  and  that  we  will 
receive  from  various  architects  sketches  for  floor  plans  and  elevations 
to  be  used  as  a basis  for  final  plans  to  be  adopted  later  on.  The  said 
sketches  to  be  in  the  hands  of  the  Board  by  the  24th  instant.” 

On  Feb.  17,  1903,  the  plans  for  the  new  school  submitted  by  Melville 
G.  Patterson  were  accepted.  After  much  discussion  and  careful  con- 
sideration, the  contract  was  awarded  April  14  to  Swisher  & Brooks  for 
$42,248.88.  At  the  same  meeting  it  was  unanimously  ordered  that  the 
new  school  be  known  as  the  E.  A.  Gastman  school. 

April  15,  1903,  the  question  of  relieving  the  crowded  condition  of 
the  Jackson  street  school  was  discussed  at  some  length.  The  following 
was  unanimously  adopted: 

“ Resolved , That  two  rooms  be  added  to  the  present  Jackson  street 
school,  and  that  as  much  of  the  material  as  may  be  found  suitable  for 
the  purpose  be  taken  from  the  two  north  rooms  of  the  Church  street 
school  when  it  is  torn  down.” 

July  7,  1903,  the  plans  and  specifications  of  R.  O.  Rosen  for  an  adddi- 
tion  of  two  rooms  to  the  Jackson  street  school  were  accepted  and  the 
contract  was  awarded  to  W.  F.  Gebhart  for  $4,547. 

May  12,  1903,  Messrs.  Roach  and  Gastman  were  appointed  a com- 
mittee to  confer  with  the  citizens’  committee  in  reference  to  the  part 


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the  school  children  should  take  in  the  reception  to  President  Roosevelt 
on  his  visit  to  Decatur,  June  4,  1903. 

July  14,  1903,  the  clerk  of  the  board  was  directed  to  notify  the  clerk 
of  Macon  county  that  the  Board  of  Education  of  Decatur  school  district 
requires  that  the  total  sum  of  $87,500  be  levied  upon  the  taxable  property 
of  the  district  as  school  taxes  for  the  coming  year. 

Nov.  24,  1903.  On  motion  it  was  ordered  that  negotiable  coupon 
bonds  to  the  amount  of  $33,900  be  issued  for  the  purpose  of  providing 
funds  for  the  erection  of  the  E.  A.  Gastman  school.  N.  W.  Harris 
& Co.  of  Chicago  took  the  entire  issue  of  school  bonds  at  par,  the  Board 
paying  the  expense  fcf  issue  and  examination. 

Oct.  13,  1903.  Upon  suggestion  by  Mr.  E.  A.  Gastman  a committee 
consisting  of  Mrs.  Hostetler,  of  the  Board,  Mr.  S.  W.  Ehrman  of  the  high 
school  and  Mr.  John  Clary  of  the  alumni  association  was  appointed  to 
consider  the  question  of  dedicating  the  E.  A.  Gastman  school. 

Dec.  10,  1903.  A communication  from  State  Superintendent 
Bayliss  asking  that  photographs  of  our  different  schools  be  prepared 
for  display  at  the  Louisiana  Purchase  Exposition  in  St.  Louis  the  follow- 
ing summer  was  referred  to  the  president  with  power  to  act. 

April  12,  1904.  The  clerk  was  directed  to  burn  the  old  papers 
stored  in  the  high  school  attic  but  to  preserve  the  bills  since  1894. 

June  23,  1904.  It  was  ordered  that  lot  6 in  block  1 of  Frank  P. 
Roach’s  addition  be  purchased  for  six  hundred  dollars  and  added  to 
the  Pugh  School  grounds. 

August  15,  1904.  The  president  and  clerk  of  the  board  were  directed 
to  notify  the  clerk  of  Macon  county  that  $87,500  would  need  to  be  levied 
upon  the  taxable  property  of  the  Decatur  school  district  for  special  school 
purposes. 

Sept.  13,  1904.  K.  H.  Roby  tendered  his  resignation  as  treasurer 
of  the  Decatur  school  district,  to  take  effect  October  1. 

, i 

On  motion,  B.  O.  McReynolds  was  unanimously  elected  treasurer 
for  the  year  beginning  Oct.  1,  1904,  on  the  following  conditions:  That 
he  give  a good  bond  approved  by  the  Board  in  the  sum  of  $50,000; 
that  he  furnish  all  exchange  needed  free  of  charge;  that  he  pay  two  per 
cent,  on  daily  balances,  and  that  he  furnish  all  money  required  at  six 
per  cent. 

Oct.  11,  1904.  It  was  unanimously  ordered  that  the  auditorium  in 
the  E.  A.  Gastman  school  shall  not  be  rented  for  any  purpose  that  is  not 
strictly  educational  in  its  purpose,  and  that  the  price  shall  be  $6  per 
night. 

January  17,  1905.  Under  the  minutes  of  this  date  is  a description 
of  the  marble  fountain  presented  to  the  E.  A.  Gastman  school  by  Mr. 
Gastman,  as  a memorial  to  his  late  wife,  Carrie.  The  fountain  had  been 
shown  in  the  exhibit  of  A.  Olivotti  & Co.  of  Florence,  Italy,  in  the  Man- 


BOARD  OFJEDUCATION. 


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ufacturers’  building  at  the  St.  Louis  fair  and  was  presented  to  the  school 
here  Jan.  2,  1905. 

At  the  same  meeting  permission  was  granted  the  Schoolmasters’ 
Club  to  hold  a banquet  and  meeting  in  the  E.  A.  Gastman  school  on 
Friday  evening.  Feb.  3,  1905. 

June  12,  1905.  It  was  ordered  that  the  maximum  salary  in  the 
grades  be  advanced  to  $550  per  year. 

July  4,  1905.  A petition  to  annex  District  No.  63  to  the  Decatur 
school  district  was  submitted  to  the  board,  having  been  signed  by  more 
than  three-fourths  of  the  legal  voters  within  that  district.  The  petition 
was  granted. 

July  11,  1905.  It  was  passed  by  unanimous  vote  of  the  Board  of 
Education  that  they  certify  that  the  total  sum  of  one  hundred  forty- 
three  thousand  fifty-one  dollars  ($143 ,051)  was  required  to  be  levied 
upon  the  taxable  property  of  the  Decatur  school  district. 

At  the  same  meeting  it  was  ordered  that  one-half  of  the  width  of 
West  Wood  street  be  given  to  the  city  from  the  south  end  of  the  school 
lot  of  district  No.  63,  lately  annexed  to  Decatur,  in  order  that  the  street 
be  opened. 

Sept.  12,  1-905.  The  mattqr  of  introducing  savings  banks  into  the 
schools  was  laid  over  for  future  consideration. 

Nov.  7,  1905.  The  superintendent  was  authorized  to  close  the 
schools  at  3 :30  during  the  month  of  December,  provided  that  this  should 
apply  to  only  such  pupils  as  are  orderly  and  industrious,  the  others  to  be 
dismissed  at  4 o’clock. 

Dec.  12,  1905.  The  superintendent  was  directed  to  close  the  6th 
and  7th  grades  at  2:30  o’clock  Dec.  14,  1905,  and  to  ask  the  teachers 
to  go  with  them  to  the  Symphony  concert. 

Mr.  Gastman  suggested  at  this  meeting  that  it  might  be  wise  to 
open  at  least  one  night  school  after  the  holidays,  but  no  action  was  taken. 

Jan.  22,  1906.  It  was  decided  to  build  a new  school  house  some- 
where between  Walnut  street  and  the  Cowford  bridge  on  East  Cantrell 
street.  Ground  for  this  purpose  was  purchased  May  29,  1906,  of  W.  H. 
Starr  and  W.  H.  Mills  for  the  sum  of  $3,500,  at  the  corner  of  East  jCant- 
rell  street  and  South  Walnut.  The  plans  of  B.  S.  Brooks  were  adopted 
and  August  17,  1906,  the  contract  for  building  the  new  school  to  be  known 
as  the  Riverside  school,  was  awarded  to  W.  F.  Gebhart  for  $19,202. 

Feb.  23,  1905,  it  was  decided  to  send  Miss  Flora  B.  Smith,  super- 
visor of  the  primary  schools,  and  Miss  Laura  R.  Way,  supervisor  of  draw- 
ing, to  Indianapolis,  to  investigate  the  subject  of  manual  training  as 
taught  there.  At  the  previous  meeting  of  the  board  the  sum  of  $250 
had  been  appropriated  for  the  purpose  of  starting  manual  training  in  the 
schools. 


14 


GENERAL  REPORT 


Apr.  -10,  1906.  It  was  ordered  that  bids  be  received  for  building 
additions  of  four  rooms  each  to  the  Pugh  and  the  Oakland  schools 
according  to  plans  and  specifications  prepared  by  Mr.  M.  G.  Patterson, 
architect. 

April  27,  1906.  The  contract  for  building  the  addition  to  the  Oak- 
land school  was  awarded  to  Louis  S.  Baker  for  $8,400,  and  the  contract 
for  building  the  Pugh  school  addition  was  awarded  to  W.  F.  Geb- 
hard  for  $8,447.97. 

June  15,  1906.  It  was  agreed  to  purchase  two  lots  at  the  Pugh  school 
from  F.  P.  Roach  af^OO  each. 

June  26,  1906.  It  was  ordered  that  a manual  training  center  be 
established  at  the  E.  A.  Gastman  school,  and  that  a supervisor  of  manual 
training,  and  a supervisor  of  domestic  science  be  employed.  Mr.  Erich 
Brewer  was  selected  for  the  former  position  and  Miss  Lizzie  E.  Stone  for 
the  latter. 

July  6,  1906.  Ordered  that  the  Board  of  Education  certify  that 
they  require  that  the  total  sum  of  one  hundred  eight  thousand  fifty-one 
doHars  ($108,051)  be  levied  upon  the  taxable  property  of  the  Decatur 
school  district  for  all  school  purposes. 

June  29,  1906.  It  was  ordered  that  six  drinking  fountains  be  pur- 
chased— four  for  the  Jackson  street  school,  and  two  for  the  Marietta 
street  school. 

August  14,  1906.  The  following  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted 

Whereas,  the  grand  lodge  committee  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
of  Illinois  having  located  the  home  for  aged  Pythians  and  orphans  in 
Decatur,  it  is  necessary  that  the  children  living  in  said  home  have  the 
advantages  of  the  city  schools,  therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Education  of  the  city  of  Decatur, 
as  soon  as  required  by  the  necessities  of  said  institution,  will  erect  a 
suitable  school  building  in  a convenient  location  thereto  for  the  accom- 
modation of  said  children,  and  that  a competent  corps  of  teachers 
will  be  employed  therein  and  that  all  school  advantages  including  the 
high  school  will  be  extended  to  them  equally  with  the  children  of  the 
city. 

Sept.  20,  1906.  The  West  Main  street  school  was  ordered  closed 
and  the  teacher  was  assigned  elsewhere. 

Nov.  12,  l!906.  The  superintendent  recommended  that  another 
assistant  in  manual  training  work  be  employed;  also  that  more  school 
room  be  provided  in  the  north  part  of  the  city.  Miss  Georgiana  Can- 
field  was  elected  Jan.  25,  1907,  to  fill  the  position  of  assistant  in  manual 
training. 

Nov.  12,  1906.  It  was  ordered  that  a store  room  for  the  ascommoda- 
tion  of  school  supplies  be  fitted  up  in  the  east  basement  of  the  high  school 
building. 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 


15 


Jan.  12,  1907.  The  clerk  was  directed  to  prepare  the  copy  for  an 
enlarged  report  at  the  end  of  the  current  fiscal  year  and  to  have  pictures 
made  of  the  different  school  houses. 

March  19,  1907.  Mr.  H.  B.  Wilson  was  elected  by  unanimous  vote 
to  the  position  of  Superintendent  of  the  Decatur  public  schools,  Mr. 
Gastman  having  previously  resigned. 

April  17,  1907.  The  site  of  the  school  now  known  as  the  Roach 
school  located  at  the  corner  of  East  William  street  and  North  Fourth 
street  was  purchased  of  Mrs.  Annie  L.  Brown  and  Edwin  G,  Allen  for 
$6,000.  The  plans  for  the  new  building  were  prepared  by  M.  G.  Patterson 
and  the  contract  for  erecting  it  was  awarded  May  7,  1907,  to  Wright 
& Butts  for  $13,101. 

June  11,  1907.  It  was  decided  to  advance  the  salaries  of  teachers 
from  five  to  ten  per  cent.  The  minimum  salaries  of  the  grade  teachers 
was  fixed  at  $360  per  year,  and  the  maximum  salary  at  $600  per  year. 


ROACH  MRS.  MINNIE  P.  HOSTETLER  R.  R.  MONTGOMERY 

Board  of  Education  1907 


ALPHABETICAL  LIST  OF  TEACHERS 


Employed  in  Decatur  from  1865  to  1907. 


* Taught  in  High  School. 


Abbott,  Etta 1904-1907 

Abel,  Florence  (Coughlin) 1903-1906 

Adams,  Carlotta 1892-1899 

Adams,  Edward 1871-1872 

Adams,  Helen 1901-1905 

Adams,  Josephine 1876-1878 

Adams,  Louise 1898- 

* A dams,  Zella  F 1889-1890 

Affleck,  Amanda  J 1869-1871 

Aikin,  Kate 1888-1897 

Aikin,  Laura 1893-1897 

Albeitz,  Mrs.  Rachel  Cook 1876-1883 

Alexander,  Mrs.  Ottoria 1872-1873 

Allen,  Sarah  E 1868-1871 

Allsop,  Blanch 1892-1896 

Amsden,  Harriet  M 1866 

Anderson,  Bettie 1885-1891 

Anderson,  Lucy  J 1884-1887 

Arthur,  Della 1894-1897 

♦Bachman,  Frank  P 1897-1898 

♦Badenhausen,  Jennie 1901-1907 

Baker,  Bessie 1865 

Baker,  Ethel  1905H907 

Baker,  Hattie 1868 


♦Baker,  Mary  E 

♦Baldwin,  Ella  M... 

Barnett,  Grace 

Barrett,  Mabel 

Barth,  Mary  E 

Beach,  Ardeila  A.... 

Beadles  Sa,da 

Beamer,  Edith 

Beamer,  Nannie 

Bean,  Mattie  V 

Bear,  Ella 

Bear,  May 

Bear,  Mollie 

♦Bear,  Olive  M 

♦Beardsley,  A.  E..,. 

Bell,  Mary  A 

Beman,  Mattie 

Beswick,  Emma  M. 

Betzer,  Alice  M 

Betzer,  William  O.. 

Bigelow,  David 

Bigelow,  Minnie  E. 
Bishop,  Adelia  N.... 

Bishop,  Clara  B 

Bivans,  Fannie  

Bixby,  Eva  M 

♦Blair, IFrank  G. 


1865-67:68-70 

1905-1907 

1904-1907 

1898-1901 

1897-1906 

1872-1880 

1901-1907 

1896-1906 

1902-1907 

1884-1886 

1880-1885 

1890 

1872-1874 

1891-1907 

1878-1879 

1871 

1865-1867 

1871-1872 

1867-1873 

1865 

1865-1879 

1884  to  Jan.  19,  1906 

1898-1907 

Sept. -Nov.  1904 

Apr.-June  1895 

1889-1907 

....ljjno.  Sept.  1904 


Boland,  May  F 1904-190^ 

Boiler,  Maggie  C 1874-1876 

♦Bond,  Ellen  1 1893-1895 

Bothel,  Clara  B 1894-1907’ 

Bowles,  Clara  W.  A 1884-1888 

Bowles,  John  T 1884-1888 

Boyd,  Florence 1904-1907 

Boyer,  Ella  D 1886-1907 

Boyer,  Rosa  22  weeks  1903 

Bradley,  Mrs.  Mary  A.  (See  Perry).. ..1874-1885 

Brand,  Florence 1887-1894 

Brand,  Mary  R 1893-1907 

Brand,  Sallie 1881-1885 

Brewer,  Erich  (Director  Manual 

T raining) 1906- 1907 

Brockway,  Mrs.  Susan  A 1886 

Brooks,  Mary  E 1890-1896 

♦Brown,  Fay  C * 1903-1904 

♦Brown,  I.  E.  (Principal) 1874-1880 

Brown,  Katherine 1894-1896 

♦Brown,  Mrs.  Roy  (See  Lockett)....  1900 

♦Bruce,  Frances  M.  (Strain) 1900-1902 

Brunton,  Inez 1877-1878 

♦Bullock,  Jessie  J 1906-1907 

Burkham,  Bess 10  weeks  1906 

Burnham,  Anna  M 1872-1878 

♦Busch,  Ella  A 1904-1905 

Calvin,  Oka 1887-1894 

Calhoun,  Maud 1890-1894 

Canfield,  Georgia,  (Director  Knife 

Work) 1907- 

Carleton,  .Annette  H 1877-1881 

Carson,  Marietta  W 1866-1878 

Carter,  Edith 1904-1905 

Chandler,  Lucy  A 1906-1907 

Christy,  Jessie 1905-1907 

♦Clark,  Eda  M.  (Schlauterbeck) 


Clark,  Mary  J.  (Supervisor  of  Mu- 
sic)  1901-1907 

Clark,  Nita 1891-1893 

Cochran,  May 1892-1904 

Colbert  (See  Kerr,  Mary  G.) 1883 

Cole,  A.  J May-June  1880 

Coleman,  Nancy 1869-1872 

♦Colton,  Buel  P 1877-1878 

Coltrin,  Ella 1875-1877 

Condell,  Elizabeth 1895-1899 

Connor,  Margaret 1895-1896 

Cook.JRachel  (See  Albeitz) 1871-1874 

♦Coolidge  ,fc,Lucy  (Hamsher) 1895-1900 


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GENERAL  REPORT 


Coonradt,  Jacob  H 1881- 

Cortright,  Mrs.  S.  L.  D 1871 

♦Cotton,  Emily  H (Collins) 1871- 

Crapo,  Edith  Ray 1897- 

♦Cravath,  Bessie  N 1893- 

Criswell,  Julia  V 1891 

Crocker,  Emeline  E 1865- 

Crosier,  Mrs.  Nettie 1893- 

Crowley,  Kate  E 1874- 

Culp,  Mora  A 1891- 

Culver,  Ruth 1878- 

♦Cunniftgham,  Nancy 1867 

Cutler,  Evaline  L.  - (Superivsor  of 

Drawing) 1894- 

♦Danely,  Nellie  Cole 1897- 

Davidson,  Harriet  A 1874-1885:  1898- 

Da  vidson,  Robert  F 1894- 

Da  vis,  Jude  E 1898- 

Davis,  Mary 1896- 

Davis,  Minnie  E 1887- 

Dawson,  A.  Alta 1893- 

♦Dean,  Helen  (Jones) 1867- 

Demmon,  C.  W 1865 

♦DeMotte,  Ruby  C 1902 

Dempsey,  Katherine 1887- 

Dempsey,  Laura  Feb.- June 

Dennis,  Kate  R 1893- 

DeVan,  Worthy 1906- 

Deverell,  Marianna 1898- 

Dills,  Elizabeth 1899- 

Dills,  Grace 1891- 

Dills,  Marian 1895- 

Dingman,  Inez 1900 

Divan,  Cora 1895- 

Dixon,  Ella 1891- 

Drobisch,  Alice 1899- 

Drobisch,  Sophia 1888- 

Durfee,  Jennie  E 1867- 

♦Durfee,  Lucy 1902- 

Durham,  Miss  L.  M 1868 

East,  Ulric  C 1878- 

♦Eastman,  Clarence  W 1904- 

Eaton,  Della  M 1902- 

Eaton,  Mattie  E 1866 

Edwards,  Mary  M 1877- 

♦Edwards,  Walter  A 1889- 

♦Ehrman,  Sheridan  W.  (Principal)  1896- 

♦Eichinger,  John 1894- 

*Elder,  Ina 1894- 

Elliott,  Winifred  G 1900- 

Ellis,  Mollie  2 months 

♦English,  Mary  L 1887- 

Enoch,  M.  Olive 1903- 

Entler,  Tillie 1901- 

Evans,  Mattie  H 1884- 

Evans,  Thomas  L 1880-1886:  1891- 

Eyman,  Clara 1885- 

Falconer,  Hattie 1897- 

Fenton,  Philo  S 1872- 

♦Ferguson,  Ada 1889- 

Ferguson,  Irene 1898 

File,  Lura 1902- 

File,  Nellie 1897- 

Fitzpatrick,  Kittie 1899- 

Fitzpatrick , Sadie 1 905- 

♦Flanagan,  H.  E 1903 

Fleming,  Marie  Z Apr.-June 

Fletcher,  Mabel 1904- 

Ford,  Jeanette 1905- 

Foss,  Ida  L 1883- 

Foster,  Etta 1872- 

♦Foulke,  Priscilla  E 1870- 

Freely,  A.  Josephine 1891- 


1907 

1873 

1898 

1896 

1870 

1897 
1884 
1894 
1882 


1901 

1898 

1906 

1907 

1899 

1902 
1894 
1897 
1869 


1907 

1884 
1907 
1907 

1903 

1902 
1894 
1907 

1897 

1894 
1907 
1907 
1907 
1907 

1879 

1905 

1907 

1882 

1891 

1907 

1895 
1899 

1904 
1870 
1907 
1904 

1903 

1885 

1904 
1895 

1898 
1873 
1891 

1904 

1902 

1907 

1907 

1893 

1907 

1907 

1884 

1878 

1872 

1893 


♦Freeman,  Grace 1896- 

♦French,  Mary  W 1869- 

Fuller,  J.  C Apr.-June 

Fuller,  Mary  A 1865- 

Fulton,  Belle 1878- 

Fulton,  Laura 1880- 

♦Gale,  Frances 1895- 

♦Gale,  Mabel  C 1896- 

Gasaway,  Blanch 1887- 

♦Gastman,  E.  A.  (Principal  and  Su- 
perintendent)  1865- 

♦Gastman,  Louise 1898- 

♦Gibson,  John  W.  (Principal) 1884- 

Gildemeister,  Theda 1898 

♦Gillham,  Clara  S r 1892- 

♦Glover,  Frank  D 1891- 

♦Gordon,  A.  S 1894- 

Granger,  Anna  M 1867- 

♦Gray,  Nannie  R 1888- 

Gray,  Ruby  C 1888- 

Green,  Helen  E 1866 

Green,  B.  Wilmah 1903- 

Greer,  Hattie 1866 

Gregory,  Emma 1867 

Gregory,  Mary 1867 

Gregory,  Mary  C 1*882- 

Gregory,  Sue 1896  to  Feb. 

Grubel,  Mollie 1899  to  Feb. 

Grunendike,  Mary  E 1867 

♦Hague,  Stella  M 1902- 

Haldeman,  Margaret 1901 

Hale,  Helen  F : 1865 

Hall,  Mary  B 1892- 

Hall,  Nettie 1885- 

Hamilton,  Kate 1896- 

Hammond,  Jane  E 1866 

♦Hamsher,  Frank  (Principal) 1895- 

Handy,  Alida  R 1880- 

♦Hansen,  Herbert  C 1902 

Hanson,  Henry 1866 

Hardy,  Elizabeth 1875- 

Harpstrite  Emma 1893- 

Harwood,  Josephine 1890- 

Hasbrouck,  Mary 1885- 

Haskell,  Anna  E 1870- 

♦Hawkes,  Clara  N 1892- 

Hawthome,  Victor 1873- 

Hayden,  Anna  W 1889- 

♦Hayward,  Thos.  E 1900- 

Heller,  Gertrude 1906 

♦Henderson,  George  A 1879- 

Hendricks,  Bertha 1890- 

Hendricks,  Nellie  1 1887- 

♦Ilill,  Flora  E .1893- 

♦Hite,  Grace 1891- 

Hobbs,  Belle  W 1884- 

Hobson,  Grace 1904- 

Hockingberry,  Ida 1887- 

Hoffman,  Celeste 1893- 

Hoffman,  Clara 1894- 

Hoffman,  Eva Feb.  to  June  1901 

Hoffman,  Ruth 1902- 

Hollingsworth,  Lucy  (See  Montgom- 
ery and  Nelson) 1873- 

Hopkins,  Ada  G 1906- 

Hopkins,  Bess  L 1906- 

Hopson,  Ethel 1896- 

Hord,  Emma 1892- 

♦Hostetler,  Mrs.  Minnie  P.  (See 

Parker.) 1905 

♦Howes,  Elizabeth  L 1885 

♦Hoxie,  Robert  F 1897 

♦Hubbard,  Mary  L 1896 


1899 

1907 

1879 

1869 

1887 

1884 

1898 

1899 

1890 

1907 

1900 
1889 

1893 

1892 

1895 

1871 

1891 
1889 

1907 


1892 

1905 

1906 

1906 


1893 

1890 

1907 

1900 

1889 


1877 

1900 
1893 
1886 
1872 
1907 
1874 
1895 
1903 

1880 

1891 

1891 

1897 

1893 
1891 
1907 

1902 

1901 
1899 

1903 

1876 

1907 

1907 

1897 

1894 


1907 

1903 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION 


19 


Huffman,  Ida  G 1903-1904 

Hughes,  Martha  E 1869-1871 

Hughey,  Leta 1903-1907 

Hull,  Bertha 1894-1896 

Hummel,  Rachel 1870 

Humphrey,  Eva 1890-1907 

Hunter,  Eda  M 1905-1907 

Hunter,  Mrs.  Stella 1897 

Hutchison,  Grace' K.  (Waggoner). ...1891-1903 

Imboden,  Sarah  M 1896-1907 

Irwin,  Lucy 1878-1882 

Jack,  Anna  (Roberts) 1878-1886 

♦Jack,  Samuel  S.  (Principal) 1870-1871 

Jackson,  Lottie  A.  (Thomsen)  (Su- 
pervisor of  Drawing) 1903-1905 

♦Jacobs,  Noah  N Mch.-June  1895 

♦James,  George  F 1887-1888 

famison,  Carrie  A 1873-1874 

Jennings,  Alice 1890-1894 

Tohns,  Fannie  (See  Sedgwick) 1871-1874 

♦Johns,  Nellie .....1906-1907 

Johnson,  Della 1893-1894 

Johnson,  Ella 1906-1907 

Johnson,  Julia 1905-1907 

Johnson,  Lucinda  A.  (Wheeler) 1893-1896 

Johnson,  Martha 1882-1884 

Johnson,  May 1874-1882 

Jones,  Lena  B 1888-1889 

Jordan,  Mary 1873-1874 

♦Judd,  S.  Alice 1874-1884 

Judson,  Rose  E 1881-1896 

Keethes,  May  (Freudenberg) 1892-1897 

Kelley,  Margaret 1894-1895 

♦Kent,  Charles  W 1899-1901 

Kerr,  Margaret  G.  (See  Colbert) 1868-1875 

Kerr,  Mrs,  Mattie  E 1891-1907 

Keyes,  Roberta 1885-1888 

Kimball,  Marcia 1865 

Kirk,  Josephine v 1905-1907 

Knieper.  Elizabeth  (Supervisor  of 

Music) 1891-1893 

Lake,  Samuel  M 1867 

Laughlin,  Lulu 1900-1903 

♦Lee,  Louis  B (Principal) 1891-1894 

Leeper,  Elizabeth 1865-1875 

♦Leeper,  Margaret 1865-1888 

Leffingwell,  Mrs.  Sallie  (See  Brand)  1887-1890 

Lewis,  Mary : 1893-1894 

Lewis,  Mary  E 1887-1888 

♦Locher,  Fannie  T 1889-1892 

♦Lockett,  Grace  L.  (See  Brown) 1894-1899 

Lockett,  Jessie  W 1896-1901 

Loeffler,  John  B 1892-1896 

Long,  Clara 1903-1907 

Longenecker,  Dora 1903-1906 

Longenecker,  Laura 1891-1907 

Love,  Nellie  H 1897-1907 

Lyon,  Maud 1903-1904 

Lukens,  Mary  A 1883-1888 

Lutrell.  Elizabeth 1868 

Lytle,  Ernest  B 1895-1897 

Macpherson,  A.  Marie 1890-1906 

Magee,  Anna 1867-1873 

Mallory,  Carrie 1895-1897 

Malone,  Eva 1889-1890 

Mann,  Wallace  E 1899-1900 

Mark,  Elvira 1897  and  1901 

Marrs,  R.  N 1902 

Marten,  John 1887-1888 

Martin,  Laura 1890-1907 

♦Martin,  Lida  B 1900-1907 

Mateer,  Lucy  J 1905-1906 

Matthews,  Elizabeth  1891-1900 


♦Mayall,  Vada 1906 

McCall,  Sallie 1894-1895 

McClurg,  Maud  A 1896  to  March  1899 

McCullom,  Mary 1894-1898 

McGorray,  Cora 1893-1895 

♦McGorray,  Katherine 1895-1907 

McGorray,  Margaret 1888-1893 

McGuire,  Lizzie 1886-1887 

McGuire,  Maye 1904-1906 

♦McKim,  Oscar  F.  (Principal) 

1867-70:  1873-74 

McLain,  Laura  W 1864-1865 

♦McMahon,  C.  M.  (Principal) 1891 

McMurray,  Mrs.  Lida  A 1878  1879 

Mead,  Alice 1894-1907 

Mead,  Anna 1895-1907 

♦Mead,  Walter  G 1906-1907 

Means,  Margaret  M 1872-1884 

Merker,  Susie 1906-1907 

Merz,  Martha 1903 

Metcalf,  J.  H 1903-1907 

Middleton,  Millicent 1906-1907 

♦Miles,  Lucy  W 1 month  1870 

Millbum,  Priscilla 1875-1888 

Miller,  Julia  C 1885-1886 

Miller,  L.  L.  (Mrs.  ) (Supervisor  of 

Drawing) 1890-1891 

Miller,  Mary 1901 

Milner,  Olive 16  weeks  1906 

♦Mills,  Charles  W 1895-1896 

Mills,  Maud May  10  to  June  1894 

♦Minnick,  J.  H 1906 

Mitchell,  Miss  L.  L 1873-1874 

Moffat,  Ida 1872-1876 

Montgomery,  Edith 1898-1907 

Montgomery,  Mrs.  Jennie 1888-1900 

Montgomery,  Laura 1889-1907 

Montgomery,  Mrs.  Lucy  H.  (See 

Hollingsworth) 1877-1883 

♦Montgomery,  Orville  C 1906-1907 

♦Moore,  Grace  L 1889-1901 

Moore,  Harriet 1903-1907 

Moore,  Helen  F 1877-1880 

Moore,  Mary  E 1896-1907 

Moore,  Mary  W 1894-1907 

Mountz,  Elsie  K 1906-1907 

Morris,  George  S 1895-1896 

Murphy,  Mrs.  Anna  E 1877-1901 

Murphy,  Chloe 1872-1876 

Muthersbaugh,  Emma 1898-1903 

Muthersbaugh;  Mabel 1902-1907 

Myers,  Eva  T 1901-1907 

Neil,  Mary 1895-1900 

Nelson,  Lucile  A 1906-1907 

Nelson,  Mrs.  Lucy  H.  (See  Hollings- 
worth)  1896-1907 

Nighswonger,  Eleanor 1906-1907 

Norman,  Bertha 1885-1907 

Norman,  Tillie 1887-1891. 

Odor,  Virginia  N.  (Rickey) 1890-1894 

Olson,  Elizabeth..... 1903-1906 

Olson,  Mona.: *1904-1907 

Okey,  Maria From  Feb.  to  June,  1879 

Oshinsky,  Bessie 1896-1898 

♦Page,  Henry  P 1883-1887 

♦'Page,  William  L 1890-1892 

Park,  Edwin 1864-1865 

Park,  Elizabeth  M 1890-1892 

Park,  Mrs,  Mary  E 1865-1866 

Parker,  Calla  M 1871-1876 

♦Parker,  Minnie  (See  Hostetler) 1881-1888 

♦Patton,  Arthur  L 1889 

Pearce,  Minerva  M 1874-1876 


20 


GENERAL  REPORT 


Peck,  Catharine  E 3 months  1872 

Perry,  Helen 1898-1905 

Perry,  Mary  A (See  Mrs.  Bradley). ...1870-1872 

♦Peters,  John  A 1892-1896 

Pforr,  Nora 1906-1907 

Philbrook,  Edwin 1879-1887 

Philbrook,  Mrs.  Ella  C.. ....1879-1885 

Phillips,  Clara 1904-1906 

Phillips,  Mrfe.  Sue  C 1867-1868 

Pierce,  Genevieve 1906-1907 

♦Pillsbury,  Bertha 1899-1901 

Pitts,  Florence  E 1889-1892 

Porter,  Mrs.  Bell 1897-1898 

♦Powell,  John  H 1888-1890 

Powers,  Mary 1867-1871 

Prather,  Bettie 1872-1873 

Pritchett,  Ada  S 1889-1890 

Pritchett,  Nettie  C 1890-1907 

Querry,  Gussie 1905-1907 

Quinlan,  Ethel 1899-1907 

Raymond,  G.  Anna 1881-1886 

♦Reardon,  Neal 1900-1901 

Record,  Carrie  A 1897-1898 

Reddick,  Susie  M 1902-1903 

♦Reed,  Bertha 1901  1905-1906 

Reeme,  Sallie 1868-1869 

♦Rice,  Celeste 1906-1907 

Roberts,  Lois 1896-1907 

Roddy,  Mrs.  Agnes 1885-1889 

Roe,  Sallie 1869-1877 

Roell.  Mrs.  J.  H 1864-1865 

♦Rolfe,  Deete 1901-1902 

Rooker,  Lucre tia  J 1865-1870 

Ross,  Silva 1901-1907 

Russell,  Anna  E 1882-1883 

♦Rust,  Frederick 1898-1900 

Sabin,  Elizabeth 1864-1865 

Sanderson,  Christina  1885-1892 

Sanderson,  Sarah  E 1883-1890 

♦Sargent,  Miranda  M 1865-1877 

Schmachtenberger,  Maybell 3 weeks  1906 

♦Schumacher,  Tillie 1902-1905 

Scott,  Carrie 1891-1893 

Search,  Katherine 1895-1907 

Sedgwick,  Mrs.  Fannie  (See  Johns). .1876-1877 

Seyfer,  Mrs.  Kate  P 1887-1888 

♦Seymour,  Lurene 1898-1906 

Shatter,  Sophia  B 1881-1882 

♦Shepard,  Fannie  C 1901-1906 

♦Sheppard,  James  J.  (Principal) 1894-1897 

Sherrick,  Elizabeth 1889-1893 

Sherrick,  J.  B.  R 1866/  1868-1871 

Sherrick,  Kate 1886-1889/  1891-1897 

Shleppy,  C.  W 1883-1884 

♦Shorb,  Gertrude 1891-1892 

Sikes,  Orillia 1886-1888 

♦Simms,  Anna  B 1882-1895 

♦Simpson,  Frances 1887-1891 

Slocumb,  Alice  E 1870-1873 

Smalley,  Katherine 1906-1907 

♦Smith,  Bruce 1901-1907 

Smith,  Fannie  L 1882-1884 

Smith,  Flora  B.  (Supervisor  of  Pri- 
mary Methods) 1889-1907 

Smith,  Lennie  F 1895-1896 

Smith,  Myra  A 1877-1878 

Smith,  Nellie  L 1874-1881 

♦Smith,  Oscar  F 1899-1900 

Snyder,  Anna  1865-1866 

Sollars,  Margaret 1871-1875 

♦Southwick,  Harriet 1899-1903 

Spencer,  Bertha  (Minor) 1897-1898 

♦Spencer,  Jessie 1888-1890/  1905-1907 


♦Stafford,  Mosetta  I.  (Vaughan) 1891-1893 


Stare,  Clara 1884-1885 

Stephenson,  Grace  1906-1907 

Sterling,  Bell 1878-1880 

Sterrett,  Mrs.  J.  M March  1894  to  Feb.  1896 

Sterrett,  Mary 1904-1907 

Stevens,  Clevia 1904-1905 

Stevens,  Julia 1904-1907 

♦Stevenson,  Robert \ 1904-1906 

Stewart,  Lillie  W 1893-1894 

Stickel,  Kate 1870-1874 

Stivers,  Etna 1906-1907 

Stone,  Lizzie  E.  (Supervisor  of  Do- 
mestic Science) 1906-1907 

Stuart,  Edna 1901-1905 

Stuart,  Grace  L 1905-1907 

Tabor,  Lillian 1872-1873 

Taylor.  Sallie  J 1865-1869 

Terrell,  Vesta 1865-1866 

Thunemann,  Mary 1883-1884 

Tinkler,  A.  Anna 1883-1886 

Tobey,  Litta. 1899-1907 

Tolladay,  Mary 1898-1904 

♦Towl,  Elmer 1893-1895 

Towl,  Elizabeth 1903-1907 

Trainer,  John 1879-1880 

Travers,  Frank  L 1888-1890 

Trautman,  Bertha 1900-1907 

Trull,  Emma 1864-1865 

Tucker,  Susie 1898-1899 

♦Tuttle,  Alice  (Curtis) 1886-1888 

Tyler,  Alice 1886-1887 

Tyler,  Mrs.  Jeanette  L.  (Supervisor 

Physical  Culture) 1898-1903 

♦Ullrich,  Lena  (Ewing) 1897-1898 

♦Ullrich,  Luetta  (Bumstead) 1891-1896 

Van  Deren,  Ella 2 months  1876 

VanMeter,  Edna 1904-1907 

♦Vaughan,  Mary  E 1885-1888 

♦Vertrees,  Carl 1901-1902 

Vetterliet,  Anna  S 1895-1907 

Viox,  Eunice 1906-1907 

Waggoner,  Josephine 1903-1905 

♦Walker,  E.  D Feb.  to  June  1893 

Wallace,  Edith  M 1901-1905 

Wallace,  Margaret  (Tait) 1897-1901 

Wallace,  Myra  Belle  (Bowen) 1903-1906 

Warren,  Bessie  (Supervisor  of 

Drawing) 1891-1893 

Watkins,  Henrietta 1 month  1877 

Waughop,  Medora  E.  (See  Yoa- 

cum) 1877-1878 

Way,  Laura  R.  (Supervisor  of 

Drawing) 1 905- 1907 

♦Weaver,  Mattie 1891-1893 

Webb,  Mattie 1906-1907 

Webster,  Grace 1906-1907 

♦Weienette,  Pearl  W.  (Schaub) 1896-1899 

♦Welch,  Anna 1905-1907 

Wells,  Jennie 1905-1907 

Wells,  Mathilda 1890 

♦Westermann,  William  L 1896-1899 

Westhoff,  Frank  W.  (Supervisor  of 

Music) 1893-1900 

Weston,  John  W 1865 

White,  Esther 1900-1903 

♦Wilder,  Mary  W.  (Barnes) 1866-1889 

Wiley,  Nettie 1877-1880 

♦Wilkinson,  Jasper  N.  (Principal).... 1880-1884 

Williams,  Mollie  E 1895-1907 

Willson,  Frederick  C 1888-1891 

Wilson,  Anna  M 1884-1886 

Wilson,  Blanche 1888-1891 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 


21 


Wilson,  Mabel 1892-1907 

Wilson,  Minnie  E 1890-1891 

Wilson,  Sarah 1895-1897 

♦Witbeck,  Alice 1902-1904 

*Witte,  Josepha 1892-1893 

Wood,  Mary 1892-1898 

Woods,  Anna  E 1883-1889 


♦Worthley,  J.  Edna 1893-1895 

Yeager,  Ella  W 1866-1868 

Yeomans,  Edith 1897-1898 

Young,  Bessie  1 1898-1902 

Young,  Jennie 1875-1881 

Yoacum,  Mrs.  Medora  (See 

Waughop) 1879-1880 


SUPPLEMENTAL  READERS 


List  of  Supplementary  Readers  in  use  in  the  Grades  indicated.  These  sets 
are  moved  from  school  to  school  every  five  or  six  weeks. 


FIRST  GRADE. 

Copies. 


Child  Life  Primer 23 

Heath  Reader 23 

Cyr  Primer 24 

Harper’s  First  Reader 23 

Wheeler’s  Primer 23 

Folk  Lore  Primer 22 

Art  Literature  Primer 23 

Boy  Blue 24 

Sight  Reader 24 

Sunshine  Primer 23 

Sunbonnet  Primer 22 

SECOND  GRADE. 

Hiawatha  Primer  24 

Andersen’s  Classic  Fables 24 

Overall  Boys 24 

Mother  Goose  Village 24 

Around  the  World.  Book  1 24 

Plant  Life 24 

Household  Stories 23 

Poems  for  Supplementary  Reading 24 

Once  Upon  a Time  Stories 24 

Fairy  Stories  and  Fables 25 

Animal  Life 24 

THIRD  GRADE. 

Classic  Stories 24 

American  Story  Book  II 23 

Sofat  and  Mew- mew 24 

New  Century  Second  Reader 24 

American  Story  Book  1 18 

Robinson  Crusoe 24 

Around  the  World.  Book  II 24 

Seaside  and  Wayside 24 

Child  Life,  Third  Reader 24 

Braided  Straws 24 

Fables  and  Folk  Stories 22 

FOURTH  GRADE. 

Fifty  Famous  Stories  Retold 21 

America’s  Story  BookJIT 24 

Fanciful  Tales 7. 23 


Around  the  World.  Book  III 25 

The  First  Book  of  Birds 24 

Thirty  More  Famous  Stories 24 

Seven  Little  Sisters 23 

America’s  Story  Book  IV 21 

Norse  Stories 24 

Docas,  the  Indian  Boy 23 

The  Story  of  Ulysses 24 

FIFTH  GRADE. 

Under  Sunny  Skies 24 

Lobo,  Rag  and  Vixen 24 

Ten  Boys  on  the  Road  from  Long  Ago  to 

Now 23 

King  Arthur  and  His  Knights 24 

Tanglewood  Tales 24 

American  Leaders  and  Heroes 21 

King  of  the  Golden  River 23 

Black  Beauty.. 23 

Robin  Hood  Stories 24 

Wood  Folk  at  School 24 

American  History,  Montgomery 23 

SIXTH  GRADE. 

Men  of  Old  Greece 24 

Famous  Legends 24 

The  Iron  Star 24 

Whittier’s  Child  Life 24 

Achilles  and  Hector 24 

Hawthorne’s  Wonder  Book 23 

Wagner  Opera  Stories 22 

Stories  of  our  English  Grandfathers 24 

SEVENTH  GRADE. 

Civil  War  Stories 24 

Enoch  Arden 24 

A Man  Without  a County 24 

Children’s  Hour,  Longfellow 25 

The  Wonder  Book  of  Horses 24 

Birds  and  Bees 24 

Song  of  Hiawatha,  Longfellow 23 

Tales  from  Shakespeare 24 

Stories  from  the  Ancient  Greeks 


K.  H.  ROBY  B.  O.  McREYNOLDS 

LOWBER  BURROWS  j.  R.  GORIN 

Treasurers  1865-1907 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 


23 


TREASURERS’  REPORT 


A table  showing  the  amount  of  moneys  received  by  the  Treasurers  of 
the  Board  of  Education  for  42  years  from  1865  to  June  30,  1907: 


Years 

Balance 
on  Hand 

District 

Taxes 

State 

Fund 

From 

Loans 

Miscellane- 

ous 

Total 

1865-6 

$15501  .94 

$2073  .20 

$2530  .85 

$63  .39 

$20169  .38 

1866-7 

$192  .26 

25962  .34 

2002  .34 

12524  .50 

188  .00 

40869  .44 

1867-8 

892  .30 

22157  .58 

2049  .26 

25088 .87 

307  .95 

50495 .96 

1868-9 

679  .00 

41636  .64 

1961  .53 

23665  .43 

350  .00 

68292  .60 

1869-70 

1425 .74 

27103  .28 

1903  .39 

11250  .00 

750  .00 

42432  .41 

1870-1 

25720  .98 

1871.08 

39076  .73 

1871-2 

- 33819  .71 

1994  .19 

500  .00 

36313  .90 

1872-3 

1387 .93 

30801 .30 

3401  .38 

35590  .61 

1873-4 

4972.19 

41445  .96 

3361  .88 

2000  .00 

100.0 

51880  .03 

1874-5 

4972.19 

39611  .69 

3451 .84 

48035  .72 

1875-6 

15242  .65 

18103  .11 

3294  .60 

266  .46 

36906  .82 

1876-7 

5765  .25 

30306  .36 

3187.97 

219  .63 

40109  .21 

1877-8 

10262.15 

25614.39 

3304  .63 

430  .45 

39611  .62 

1878-9 

10872  .60 

24185 .88 

3649  .62 

397.35 

39105  .45 

1879-80 

10612.16 

21667  .32 

3509  .52 

191  .35 

35980  .35 

1880-1 

1421 .21 

22206  .90 

3727 .29 

330  .06 

37685  .46 

1881-2 

13938 .38 

19664 .42 

4018.13 

256  .40 

37877  .33 

1882-3 

14010  .73 

22788  .38 

3713 .45 

472  .90 

40985 .46 

1883-4 

9302  .68 

26985  .91 

4009  .86 

698  .80 

40997 .27 

1884-5 

3824 .07 

33250  .59 

4672  .84 

7,186.72 

2247 .70 

51181  .92 

1885-6 

12933  .80 

34386  .76 

4401  .28 

706  .82 

52428  .66 

1886-7 

12756  .23 

34334 .31 

4497 .25 

265  .89 

51853  .68 

1887-8 

9412.61 

38488  .56 

4 .803  .96 

1500  .00 

152  .48 

67857  .61 

1888-9 

13894 .08 

35689  .58 

4360  .02 

398  .52 

54342  .20 

1889-90 

13641 .54 

40167.58 

4368  .21 

226  .91 

58404 .24 

1890-1 

16845.14 

42316  .41 

4391  .95 

111. .16 

63664  .66 

1891-2 

8248  .22 

40919  .43 

4803  .96 

133  .40 

54105 .01 

1892-3 

2832  .63 

54760  .09 

4906  .80 

45000  .00 

1229  .77 

108729  .29 

1893-4 

14654 .07 

54204  .54 

5017.58 

222.12 

74098  .31 

1894-5 

10189  .88 

61911  .88 

5069  .53 

39600  .00 

1919  .56 

118690.85 

1895  .6 

48966  .93 

54528  .21 

5184.95 

225  .73 

2377  .93 

111283  .75 

1896-7 

9330  .52 

94270  .92 

4856  .81 

797.17 

109255  .42 

1897-8 

25127  .05 

75017  .62 

5101  .44 

1175.92 

3698".  31 

110120.34 

1898-9 

30259-37 

66260  .59 

4947 .05 

10330  .83 

111797.84 

1899-1900 

33370  .00 

68937 .25 

5081  .47 

5535  .53 

112924.25 

1900-1 

28270  .36 

\ 69394 .90 

4559 .59 

11877.17 

2438  .45 

116540  .47 

1901-2 

32872  .93 

^ 74264.29 

5009  .50 

11880.50 

1500  .19 

125527  .41 

1902-3 

39634  .48 

74379 .51 

4579  .24 

31370  .00 

2021  .34 

151984  .57 

1903-4 

31895.65 

79485  .06 

5160  .43 

33900  .00 

592  .81 

151033 .95 

1904-5 

36557  .68 

85466  .12 

5228 .50 

10700  .00 

814.92 

138764 .22 

1905-6 

21283  .49 

106652  .58 

5147  .44 

7512  .00 

1180  .92 

141776 .43 

1906-7 

48967.12 

124641 .40 

5127  .75 

1700  .00 

1901  .71 

182337 .98 

621713  .27 

$1959013.27 

$168392  .73 

$306172 .36 

45827.18 

$3101118.81 

./  .. 


I 


COMPARATIVE  EXPENSES  IN  THE  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS 

The  Following  Table  Shows  the  Expenditures  of  the  Board  of  Education  for  Forty-Two  Years  Ending  June  30,  1907. 


EXPENSES  | 1865-6 

1806-7 

1867-8 

1808-9 

1869-70 

1870-1 

1871-2 

— 

1873-4 

1874-5 

1875-6 

1870-7 

1877-8 

1878-0  1879-80 

1880-1 

1881-2 

1882-3 

1883-4 

1884-5 

1885-6 

1886-7 

1887-8 

1888-9 

1889-90 

^0-1 

1891-2 

1892-3 

,303. 

1894-5 

1895-6 

1896-7 

1897-8 

1898-9 

1899-00 

,900-! 

1901-2 

1902-3 

1003-4 

1004-5 

1905-6 

1906-7 

Total 

IFrrtght  and  Drayage 

Foe!  

Incidentals 

Interest 

fSwra^Salancs 

Hfanual  Training 

fcs  ■ • 

Supplemcn  t ary  Read  ing 

Truant  Officer’s  Salary 

*29.10 
72)  II 
478  .02 
220 .82 

612  .05 

04  .70 
010.09 

54  83 

*35.70 

1218  I2 

83  loo 
752  .00 

160.75 
1277.14 

070  .63 

113.75 

12752.44 

*11  20 

040  .37 
3588.22 

277  .ju 

103  70 

338.17 

"14478.85 

*27,5 

7M 

270 .00 
1112.06 

208.00 
327 .75 

1487.37 
204  .72 

880  78 
518  72 
5356  .43 
003  .30 
1477.50 

209.25 
846  00 

'I'O.'i  ; . 
208  .02 

17059:88 

854  !o6 
:<7 

0270  .05 
520  .00 

1 (82  1111 

160  76 

1050.06 
177  03 

:’"s  vi 
'•I;-..; 

1507  75 

ibi" .66 

375:00 

14900  05 

443  70 
5301  .45 
050  .05 
1552.03 

102:5b 

1304  09 

15471.42 

" 25.50* 
1097  15 
028  .96 
'.3.12  .7 

1794:00 

*71  75 
2763  .26 

1715645 

879  B5 

4130  79 
587  .00 
1804  .37 

1025.37 
169  73 

17206” 10 

$12 

791  .40 
332  nr, 
ni» 

1511  >6 

27.00 

857.61 

229.10 

17327:75 

$23.50 
780  .08 
374.73 
3000  .00 

”1515:50 

170.00 

1 185  .27 
17385 .08 

10  .56 
578  .49 
284  .08 
2400  .00 

37”b0 

213  it 
17382 .53 

" *28  .67 
23 

1950 :00 
025  V. 
1485.00 

2128.70 

248.44 

16103:87 

M)3  22 
277  .88 
000  .00 
55  10 
1492 .37 

79':72 

792.73 
130  .78 

16357 "l8 

387 .01 
900.00 

1503.15 

2829  .25 

16599:31 

323.00 
1027 .38 
436  .78 
900  .00 

" ' 1640.26 

1 198  :i)3 
17178  67 

*21  45 

560  :86 

"ii 

1770.13 

1452.92 

18070 ”35 

$33  .01 
895  .45 

B67  01 
807 .23 
2105.51 

66.50 

D83  Jl 
202  .22 

$36  .90 
871 .31 

852 :45 

2105:85 

’ll?  30 
20756:70 

$32  55 

642:29 

' 1 10  00 

2376  .35 

2452  99 

'226b2”55 

825 

872  20 
720.27 
1068 .83 

2400 ”25 

3556  :05 

22788.65 

$30  .00 
1097.44 
769.46 
819  27 
74  .32 
2434  .35| 

1 in  Ju 

933.36 
156  .85 

24175 .01 

$21  .85 

1093  .55 
826  .99 
:.S7M  .17 
1054 .99 
2575 .60 

73 .50 

"Its  :°° 

24767.00 

$9  .78 
1107.60 

1185:63 

109.30 

1160.67 

25045.89 

148.50 

$18:85 

853  :05 
1365  S5 

2835  10 

lio. bo 

2213.39 
510  .70 

28405.  25 

$24>0 

1 482. 14 

29ib':fl6 

168:70 
1708.62 

29971 .55 

$37:68 
1792.44 
924  .20 
2526  .45 
107  1 I.-' 
3524.17 

172:44 

2O39':03 

34293.64 

1036.2° 

3686.5 

192.36 

*481  A 

$15:47 

1734.58 

3494  :47 
19.50 
3688.29 

152.25 

2797.21 
626  .43 

39752  .77 

| $22 ”47 

1813  46 

4116:1° 

”2418  49 

*31.73 
1700 .92 

1429  20 
4403  .27 

220 ”75 

1681  .78 
029.24 

$25.02 
1945 .56 
825  .91 
1085  08 

4372 :97 
143':b5 

2844.22 
079 .46 

40465 :bi 

$40.51 
2173.7k 
3803 .8; 

4449.23 

i97:bb 

3147.28 

402.91 

48625:77 

$35  .93 
2398 .00 
792.06 

« 

4077.13 

222.57 

3961 ”66 

441 .58 

40847.48 
154  00 

2951  72 

3lf:I 

4804  :oa 

553.30 

*,0!i2:35 

$76.35 
3035 .88 
1053 .34 
31' 1 1 37 

4!M6  ioe 

225.15 

3305.32 
465  .86 
242 .82 
51703.21 
138.62 

$40  19 
2960  17 
970 .07 
2741  .01 
953  .60 
5493  .83 

"225:45 

53l°9  i5 
262  .00 

$81  30 
3802 .08 

2327  351 
'_'i  1 

5220 .83 

216.51 

1891.18 
553  .79 
122.09 
° 370  :00 

107.09 
3858 .59 
1071 .09 
8210.53 

5852 .85 

258.10 

50282  ;00 

iShf  il 

MM2  II" 
5.S.S.-,  in 
135  78 
251 .90 

3814  !49 
60971  >23 
456  .00 

2959:38 
1192.76 
6244.13 
VI  2'J 

4169.33 
*7h  10 

"■> 

422:00 

*343 .02 

1 tv  31 
62281  .85 
31285.50 
119704.90 
18274 .05 
119476.17 
727  07 

3004  18 
87467 .86 
H311  *4 
1026 .09 
1246740.64 
2687.62 

[ Totals 

*14735 .88 

*18314.85 

*22540 .00 

*24322.48 

*20309 .50 

*28007  .55 

*25171 .01 

*20202 .43 

$20845  .20 

*26401  .45 

*25718 .86 

>24756  .95 

*23327  .08 

*23512 .30 

*20705 .98 

$23378.89 

$23294  .22 

$24127.91 

$27912.15 

$27003  .58 

$30699  .62 

$31868.58 

*30600 .06 

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$33187 .89 

$37762 .69 

$38932.25 

$46796  .17 

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$53084 .38 

$58172.30 

$61033.03 

$62044.73 

$63755 .91 

$67344 .88 

*69414.02 

$69104.25 

$71115.04 

$70402 .05 

*70806  .72 

$81435.59 

$88370.88 

$1715677.46 

PERMANENT  IMPROVEMENTS 

319.35 

1000.00 

*44  00 

1024  71 

858  40 

*210  76 

1047.80 
781 .61 

1103.00 
4601  .26 

122.88 

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Furniture 

fl  B.  Durfce  School  . . 

High  School  Lal>oratory 
Investment  Sinking  Fund.. 
Jackson  St  School  . 

*9 .00 

17007  Jl 

3666.66 

*255  .00 

2167.30 

3008 .6( 

*271  .00 

45074 

*33  :oo 

*723  .00 

* 78.31 
401  .35 

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* 17:70 
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* 20.00 
131.15 

*40  00 

56  .55 

*2843  .75 

257  .50 
150.50 

240.20 

$230  .70 

$52.15 

*155.50 

31672  .25 
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$170.44 

540.80 

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278.10 

2338  .00 

$924  16 
867  .75 

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$ 334  84 
1046  55 

*2723  18 

671  .75 

1448.27 

$416.85 
702  .72 

987 .00 

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14467 .75 
355 .08 
111.46 

*587  75 
5600  93 

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25400  93 
22606  05 

60842 .74 

67208  20 

Jasper  St.  School  

Marietta  St.  School 
■Oakland  School 

334.50 

334.50 

7034  .03 

7387 .67 

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1798.00 

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5195  .84 

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4570 .00 

8003.04 

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10.80 

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1739.64 

8318:86 

22611 :29 
20101 .41 

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Riverside  School 

Roach  School 

Sangamon  St.  School 
&rwt  P|ving  and  Sewers 

4r’00.:00 

4400.00 

0071 .06 

4924  70 

820  !00 

8,41 

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1600 :bo 

050  00 

164  27 

2505.00 

15.00 

1431 .38 

2357:b0 

450  .77 

901.34 

2603  .92 

1692.46 

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2157.50 
7525 .00 

9499  .56 

330  .37 

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135 .70 

115.00 

230  .25 

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4700  00 

8482.02 

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21181  37 

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5000  .00 
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29910.25 

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28797  .29 

* 06.55 
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28608 .85 

$3820  .45 

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$8131  .78 

32250  .69 

$6137.89 
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$6062  .74 
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$7492  .72 

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42361  .30 

$20267  .26 
3000  .00 
53867  .82 

$2706  .82 
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40629  .22 

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41474 :00 

$17974.28 

55736.97 

$12069  .87 

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$47209  .34 

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$30631.36 

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$10886 .62 
8000  .00 
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83627.94 

80200.61 

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*69574 .26 

167946.14 

$562010 .58 

2502280 :23 

Daily  Attendance.  Pupils  1 877 

INo.  Teachers  Employed  23 

004 

24  25 

1257 

27 

1277 

1428I 

1340 

28 

1829 

1356 

20 

1304 

30 

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1330 

1330 

1402  1502 

30  | 30 

1556 

30 

1792 

34 

1922 

2011 

38 

2058 

40 

2145 

2262 

46 

2330 

47 

24S 

2579 

2824 

2906 

3150 

72 

3327 

78 

3327 

81 

3333 

83 

3388 

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3492 

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3494 

3082 

3681 

3687 

103 

3860 

Description  and  Cost  of  Decatur  School  Properties: 


Erection 

Location 

U,of*Siten‘ 

Description  of  Site 

Ground 

Building 

Total 

, Church  St.  School 

I E.  A.  Gastman  School 
H.  B.Durfcc  School.. 

Jackson  St.  School. 

Jasper  St.  School 

'Jones  School 

Marietta  St.  School 

Oakland  School 

Pugh  School.. 

R . aSchool 

; fers?lsS3?. 

Roach  School.. 

West  Main  School 

— 

856-7 

J92>3;  1900-1  ;1002-3 
867-69;  1892-3; 

V.-,-', 

860-7;  1869-0: 
887-8:1892-3.  1904 
882-3;  1892-3 

884-5;  1887-8 

896-9  19110-7 

K95  19(10-7 

900-7 

867  1873 
863:^867:1887^  ^ 

Annexed 

N.  Church  nnd  W.  North  St*. 

N.  Church  nnd  W.  North  Sts. 

E.  Herkimer  and  N.  Jasper  Sts. 

E.  North  and  Broadway. 

E.ferth"ndJaS.pSs“  SU’ 

N.  Church  and  W.  Marietta  Sts. 

W.  Decatur  nml  S.  Oakland  Avo. 

N.  Monroe  and  W.  Pugh  Sts. 

E.  Cantrell  and  S.  Walnut. 

Wood  and  S.  College  Su.0"" 

E.  William  and  N.  Fourth  Sts. 

West  Main  St.. 

100  ftxMcyt 

291  ft.  x 160  ft. 

273  ft.  x 234  ft. 

is, !<: 

188  ft.  x 163  ft. 
320  ft.  x 100  ft. 
222  ft.  x 144  ft. 

211  ft!  x 135  ft: 

211  ft.  x 388  ft. 

Lots  No.  1.  2,  3.  4 and  5.  block  8.  Bandy’s  add. 

Lot*  No.  1.  2.  3.  4 and  5.  block  8.  Bandy’s  add. 

Lot  No.  9.  block  1.  Powers’  2d  add. 

Lot*  No.  9.  10, 11  and  12,  block  7,  Rcod  & Co’s  add. 

Lot*  No.  1 3 and  5,  Oglesby  & Wait’s  add. 

Lot  No.  3.  block  4.  Fourth  Rolling  Mill  add. 

Lots  No.  1.  4.  5 and  8,  block  3.  Durfcc  & King's  add. 

Lots  No.  17.  18.  19.  20  and  21  biock  2.  P.  Brueck's  add. 

Lots  No.  1.2.  3,  4.  5.  0.  7.  8.  block  1.  F.  I\  Roach’s  add. 

Lots  No.  9,‘io.  lTl2Pli3ani  HanblJck  5?  d. 

Lot  No.  2.  block  3.  Lake  & Co’s  add. 

Atract°on  *°i  b*  ^ht 1 f’y[,lock  Ip^WMtomadd.  ^ ^ d 2 blk 

$800 .00 

1 ,252  .'50 

4 ,220 .00 

1 500  0C 
’lOO.OC 

3 .400 .00 

4 ,525  .00 
4 .800 .00 
3 ,600 .00 
2,150.00 
2 ,357  .00 

887.60 

6,000.00 

$48 1839 :?2 
22,666 .05 

00  ,842 .74 

25,909  .87 

1 .942  .83 
20.11.1  41 

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1 ,571 .90 

$12,406 .93 
•IN  .S3’)  72 
23,917.55 

65,062.74 

26 ,509 .87 
24,111 .29 

I! 
1:11 
7 ,571 .90 

$36 ,092.00 

8340.191 .74 

$386  ,283 .74 

THE  SCHOOL  PROPERTIES 
BUILDINGS  AND  GROUNDS 


OLD  CHURCH  STREET  SCHOOL 


E.  A.  GASTMAN  SCHOOL 


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E.  A.  GASTMAN  SCHOOL 


The  E.  A.  Gastman  school  stands  at  the  corner  of  North  Church 
and  West  North  streets  on  the  site  occupied  from  1857  to  1903  by  the 
Church  street  school.  The  building  had  been  pronounced  unfit  for 
school  purposes  on  account  of  its  bad  lighting  and  general  inconvenience 
and  was  torn  down  in  1903  to  make  place  for  the  new  school  named  in 
honor  of  Mr.  E.  A.  Gastman. 

The  ground,  consisting  of  lots  Nos.  1,  2,  3,  4 and  5 in  block  8 of  Ban- 
dy’s addition  and  having  a frontage  of  160  feet  on  North  Church  street 
and  146  1-2  feet  on  West  North  street  was  bought  of  Elisha  D.  Carter 
in  1855  for  $800.  The  E.  A.  Gastman  school  was  erected  in  1903-4  at 
a total  cost  of  $48,839.72.  Mr.  Melville  G.  Patterson  prepared  the  plans 
and  Swisher  & Brooks  secured  the  contract.  The  building  contains 
ten  school  rooms  in  which  456  children  can  be  seated  at  single  desks. 
There  are  two  offices,  a room  fitted  up  for  domestic  science,  one  for  manual 
training,  and  an  auditorium  seated  with  600  opera  chairs.  The  rooms 
are  all  well  lighted,  the  halls  spacious  and  the  building  is  modern  and 
convenient  in  every ’respect. 


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WOOD  STREET  SCHOOL 

Is  located  at  the  corner  of  South  College  and  West  Wood  streets, 
on  lots  9,  10,  11  and  12  in  block  10  of  the  Western  addition.  Lots  11 
and  12  were  bought  of  Orlando  Powers,  October  10,  1863,  for  SI 00. 

November  1,  1866,  Julia  S.  Brown  sold  lot  10  to  the  Board  of  Edu- 
cation for  S600.  April  16,  1867,  the  same  lady  conveyed  forty  feet  off 
the  east  side  of  lot  9 for  S400.  September  13,  1883,  the  Board  sold  to 
John  M.  Rainey  for  $212.50,  eight  and  one-half  feet  from  the  west  side 
of  the  lot.  There  is  a frontage  of  211  feet  on  Wood  and  135  on  College 
streets.  The  building  contains  eight  school  rooms  in  which  four  hundred 
nine  children  can  be  seated  at  single  desks. 

The  two  east  rooms  on  the  first  floor  were  erected  in  1863,  accord- 
ing to  plans  prepared  by  Geo.  P.  Randall  of  Chicago.  Messrs.  Mills  and 
Shockley  were  the  builders  and  the  cost  was  $3,854.46. 

In  1867,  Joseph  Mills  prepared  plans  for  an  addition  of  a second 
story  to  the  rooms  erected  in  1863,  and  two  rooms  to  the  west,  thus 
providing  a house  of  six  school  rooms.  The  work  was  done  by  D.  C. 
Shockley  at  a cost  of  $11,079.89. 

Melville  G.  Patterson  prepared  plans  for  the  west  addition  of  two 
rooms  in  1887.  It  was  erected  by  Harrison  S.  Baker  for  $4,868.86. 

In  1889,  Geo.  W.  Ruckel  built  bay  windows  in  the  four  front  rooms 
to  improve  the  light  and  ventilation.  The  cost  was  $1,198.71.  For 
drainage,  there  has  been  expended  $87.17.  The  total  expenditures 


have  been  as  follows: 

By  the  directors $ 3,854.46 

By  the  Board  of  Education 17,234.64 


Total. 


21,089.10 


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JACKSON  STREET  SCHOOL 

This  is  the  first  school  house  erected  by  the  Board  of  Education. 
It  is  located  on  lots  1,  3 and  5 of  Oglesby  & Wait’s  addition,  at  the  corner 
of  South  Jackson  and  Sheridan  streets.  The  lot  is  273  by  234  feet. 

It  was  purchased  of  Sheridan  Wait  in  1866,  for  $600.  There  are 
ten  school  rooms  and  a small  office  which  accommodate  five  hundred 
pupils  at  single  desks.  No  school  house  in  the  city  has  had.  as  many  ad- 
ditions as  this.  The  first  two  rooms  were  built  in  1866  according  to 
plans  prepared  by  E.  McNabb.  He  secured  the  contract  and  erected 
the  two  rooms  at  a total  cost  of  $4,399.86.  In  1869  the  two  north  rooms 
were  erected  by  Messrs.  Myer  and  Brandt  at  a cost  of  $4,745.17. 

In  1887  the  two  south  rooms  were  built  by  J.  J.  Wilson  according 
to  plans  prepared  by  M.  G.  Patterson  for  the  sum  of  $6,518.85.  This  in- 
cluded a new  front  and  some  changes  in  the  roof  of  the  building. 

In  1892,  M.  G.  Patterson  prepared  plans  for  the  two  northeast  rooms 
and  they  were  erected  by  Messrs.  Krentel  & Lyon  at  a total  cost  of 
$5,080.20. 

Finally  in  1903  the  Board  decided  to  add  two  more  rooms  to  this 
building,  using  in  so  far  as  possible  material  saved  from  the  wreckage 
of  the  Church  street  school.  Mr.  Richard  O.  Rosen  prepared  the  plans 
and  Mr.  William  F.  Gebhart  contracted  to  do  the  work  for  $4,547.  The 
rooms  were  erected  on  the  south  side  of  the  building;  a new  stairway  and 
two  toilet  rooms  were  added  at  the  same  time. 


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SANGAMON  STREET  SCHOOL 

Is  situated  at  the  corner  of  North  Morgan  and  East  Sangamon 
streets  on  lots  9,  10,  11,  12,  13  and  14  in  block  5 of  Plant  & Tuttle’s  ad- 
dition. 

The  site  has  a frontage  on  Sangamon  of  240  feet  and  145  feet  on 
Morgan  street. 

The  first  five  lots  were  purchased  through  Lowber  Burrows,  of 
A.  Long,  in  1867,  for  $1,500.  In  1875  the  east  lot  was  bought  of  Edward 
Sweeny  for  $650. 

The  house  was  erected  by  Messrs.  McNabb  & Bishop  in  1867  accord- 
ing to  plans  prepared  by  Geo.  P.  Randall  of  Chicago.  The  total  cost  was 
$11,776.26.  In  1873  the  same  architect  prepared  plans  for  an  addition  of 
two  rooms  on  the  north  end.  This  was  built  by  D.  C.  Shockley  at  a 
total  cost  of  $4,654.23. 

In  1886  the  sum  of  $1,610.65  was  expended  in  deepening  the  base- 
ment and  placing  bay  windows  in  the  front  rooms  to  improve  the  lighting 
and  ventilation. 

In  1891  the  entire  basement  was  deepened  and  dry  closets  were  in- 
troduced. The  work  was  done  by  James  Pierce  at  a cost  of  $2,603.92 
In  1899  one  basement  was  paved  at  a cost  of  $33. 15. 

The  entire  cost  of  the  building  was  $20,497.76. 

Three  hundred  two  pupils  can  be  seated  at  single  desks. 


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JASPER  STREET  SCHOOL 

Is  located  at  the  corner  of  North  Jasper  and  East  North  streets  on 
lot  3 in  block  4 in  the  Fourth  Rolling  Mill  addition.  There  is  a frontage 
of  225  feet  on  North  and  192  feet  on  Jasper  streets.  It  was  bought  of 
Ira  Harris,  Jr.,  in  1873  for  $1,500. 

The  house  was  erected  in  1882  by  Melville  G.  Patterson  according 
to  plans  prepared  by  him  at  a cost  of  $10,427.97.  Ten  years  later,  in 
1892,  the  same  architect  prepared  plans  for  an  addition  of  two  rooms 
on  the  northeast  corner  of  the  building.  These  were  erected  by  Krental 
& Lyon  at  a cost  of  $6,837.09.  In  1894  Mr.  Patterson  prepared  the  plans 
for  an  addition  of  two  rooms  on  the  southeast  corner  of  the  building. 
Thomas  L.  Antrim  erected  them  at  a cost  of  $2,364.92.  It  is  believed 
that  these  were  the  cheapest  school  rooms  ever  built  in  the  cty.  In  1898 
R.  O.  Rosen  prepared  plans  for  changing  the  roof  over  the  four  original 
rooms  and  otherwise  improving  the  building.  The  work  was  done  by 
Harrison  S.  Baker  at  a cost  of  $2,790.  For  miscellaneous  improvements 
$159.30  were  spent. 

It  furnishes  accommodations  in  eight  rooms  at  single  desks  for  434 
pupils. 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 


MARIETTA  STREET  SCHOOL 


Is  located  on  the  corner  of  North  Church  and  West  Marietta  streets 
on  lots  1,  4,  5 and  8 of  block  3 in  Durfee  & King’s  addition.  There  is 
a frontage  of  334  feet  on  North  Church  and  184  feet  on  West  Marietta 
streets.  Lots  4,  5 and  8 were  bought  in  1867  of  Henry  B.  Durfee  for 
$900  and  lot  1 was  purchased  of  Mary  E.  Mortman  in  1884  for  $2,500. 
This  included  two  houses  which  were  upon  the  lot. 

The  plan  of  the  front  part  of  the  building  was  prepared  by  Melville 
G.  Patterson  and  was  erected  by  him  in  1884-5  at  a cost  of  $9,837.41 
In  1887  the  same  gentleman  planned  and  erected  the  four  rear  rooms 
at  a cost  of  $9,694.35.  There  has  been  spent  for  filling  up  the  yard, 
drainage,  etc.,  $554.65 

The  total  cost  of  the  building  as  it  now  stands  was  $20,086.41. 

There  are  eight  school  rooms  with  449  seatings  at  single  desks. 


. 


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WARREN  STREET  SCHOOL 

Is  located  at  the  corner  of  North  Warren  and  East  Waggoner  streets 
on  lot  2,  block  3 of  Lake  & Co.’s  addition  of  out  lots.  It  was  bought  of 
William  L.  Smith  March  12,  1890,  for  $2,357.  There  is  a frontage  of 
150  feet  on  Warren  and  296  feet  on  Waggoner  streets. 

The  building  was  planned  by  Kramer  & Zoll,  Findlay,  Ohio.  The 
south  half  of  four  rooms  was  built  by  J.  J.  Wilson  in  1880  at  a cost  of 
$13,373.87.  The  north  half  was  built  by  Lyon  & Williams  in  1893  for 
$8,365.44.  There  has  been  paid  $205.50  for  storm  sash  and  plumbing, 
making  the  total  cost  of  the  house  $22,284.81. 

There  are  340  single  desks  in  eight  fine  school  rooms.  There  is  also 
a good  office. 

In  the  general  arrangement  of  the  rooms,  halls  and  the  lighting 
the  building  is  probably  not  excelled  by  any  in  Illinois.  It  is  believed 
to  be  a model  eight  room  school  house. 


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H.  B.  DURFEE  SCHOOL 

Was  built  at  the  corner  of  North  Jasper  and  East  Herkimer  streets 
on  lot  9 of  block  1 of  Powers’  Second  addition.  It  was  purchased  of 
Mrs.  Caroline  M.  Powers  Oct.  31,  1890,  for  $1,252.50.  There  is  a front- 
age of  200  feet  on  Herkimer  and  315  feet  on  Jasper  streets.  It  is  one  of 
the  very  best  school  sites  in  the  city. 

The  building  was  planned  by  Elah  Terrell  & Co.,  Columbus,  Ohio, 
and  was  built  in  1892  by  the  White  Bros.,  of  Springfield,  Illinois,  at  a cost 
of  $13,409.04. 

In  1900  Melville  G.  Patterson  prepared  plans  for  an  addition  of  two 
rooms  on  the  north  end  which  was  built  by  Harrison  S.  Baker  at  a cost 
of  $4,125.83. 

In  1901  the  architects,  Patterson  & Bainum,  prepared  plans  and 
specifications  for  a two  room  addition  to  be  erected  at  the  southeast  corner 
of  the  building.  The  contract  was  awarded  to  A.  H.  Humphreys  for 
$4,694. 

The  building  now  consists  of  eight  school  rooms  and  a good  office 
The  rooms  are  seated  with  single  seats  to  accommodate  407  children. 


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THE  PUGH  SCHOOL 

The  Pugh  school  stands  on  the  corner  of  North  Monroe  and  West 
Pugh  streets, 'on  lots  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6J7  and  8 of  block  1 of  Frank  P.  Roach’s 
addition.  There  is  a frontage  of  190  feet  on  North  Monroe  street  and  of 
320  feet  on  West  Pugh  streets.  Lots  1,  2,  3,  4 and  5 were  bought  of 
Mr.  Roach  April  12,  1895,  for  $3,000.  In  1904  lot  6 was  bought  of  him 
for  $600  and  in  1906  lots  7 and  8 for  $1,200.  The  plan  of  the  building 
is  the  same  as  that  of  the  Warren  street  school,  the  first  four  rooms 
having  been  erected  in  1895  by  Thomas  L.  Antrim  at  a cost  of  $11,657.06. 
The  other  four  rooms  were  built  in  1906  at  a cost  of  $8,447.97,  the  contract 
having  been  awarded  to  William  F.  Gebhart. 

As  the  building  is  now  it  contains  eight  school  rooms  and  a very 
pleasant  office.  Three  hundred  ninety-two  pupils  can  be  seated  there  at 
single  desks. 


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THE  OAKLAND  SCHOOL 


Is  located  at  the  corner  of  West  Decatur  street  and  South  Oakland 
avenue  on  lots  17,  18,  19,. 20  and  21  of  block  2 of  Peter  H.  Brueck’s  ad- 
dition; the  first  two  were  purchased  of  B.  L.  Rosebraugh  May  3,  1895, 
for  $2,525,  and  the  last  three  were  bought  on  the  same  date  from  Edward 
L.  Denz  for  $2,000.  There  is  a frontage  of  188  feet  on  Decatur  street 
and  163  feet  on  Oakland  avenue. 

The  plan  of  building  is  a modification  of  the  Warren  and  Pugh 
schools.  It  was  prepared  by  Melville  G.  Patterson  in  1896  and  four  rooms 
were  erected  by  Humphrey  & Brooks  at  a cost  of  $12,592.24.  In  1906 
Louis  T.  Baker  put  up  a four-room  addition  on  the  east  at  a cost  of  $8,400, 
according  to  plans  and  specifications  prepared  by  M.  G.  Patterson. 
The  building  now  contains  eight  school  rooms  accommodating  376 
pupils  at  single  desks,  and  a fine  office.  It  is  the  handsomest  eight- 
room  building  in  the  city.  The  dense  foliage  renders  it  impossible  to 
secure  a photograph  showing  the  building  as  it  now  stands.  Four  rooms 
have  been  added  on  the  east  since  the  cut  on  the  opposite  page  was  made. 


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RIVERSIDE  SCHOOL 


The  Riverside  school  is  located  on  the  corner  of  East  Cantrell  and 
South  Walnut  streets,  on  lots  No.  1,  2,  3,  part  4 and  9 and  one-half  of 
10,  block  2,  Mills  & Starr  addition;  they  were  bought  of  Mr.  William 
H.  Starr  and  Mr.  Walter  H.  Mills,  April,  1906,  for  $3,500.  The  grounds 
have  a frontage  of  222  feet  on  Cantrell  street  and  144  feet  on  South 
Walnut  streets.  The  following  August  the  contract  was  let  to  William 
F.  Gebhart  for  $19,202,  to  build  a four-room  building  according  to  plans 
by  Barkley  S.  Brooks.  A pleasant  office  and  spacious  halls  give  to  the 
building  a home-like  appearance.  One  hundred  sixty-two  pupils 
can  be  accommodated  at  single  desks. 





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THE  ROACH  SCHOOL 


The  Roach  school  is  situated  on  the  corner  of  East  William  street 
and  North  Fourth  street,  on  a tract  of  land  bought  of  Annie  L.  Brown  for 
$5,000  adjoining  lots  1 and  2,  block  8,  E.  G.  and  W.  L.  Allen’s  addition, 
bought  of  Edwin  G.  Allen  for  $1,000  April  1907.  Plans  and  specifications 
were  at  once  prepared  by  M.  G.  Patterson  for  a four-room  building, 
Wright  & Butts  contracted  to  erect  the  building  for  $13,101.  There  are 
large  halls  and  a pleasant  office.  One  hundred  forty-six  children  can  be 
accommodated  at  single  desks.  The  grounds  of  this  school  are  among 
the  largest  and  handsomest  in  the  city.,  having  a frontage  of  262  feet  on 
East  William  street  and  266  feet  on  North  Fourth  street. 


THE  JONES  SCHOOL 


THE  WEST  MAIN  SCHOOL 


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THE  JONES  SCHOOL 


Is  situated  about  two  miles  from  the  court  house  on  North  Water 
street.  The  lot  was  bought  of  Edward  A.  Jones,  June  24,  1864,  for  $100. 
It  contains  a half  acre  of  land.  The  house  was  planned  and  built  by 
Joseph  Mills  in  1864  at  a total  cost  of  $1,942.84.  About  forty  pupils 
can  be  accommodated  in  the  single  room. 


THE  WEST  MAIN  SCHOOL 

On  July  4,  1905,  a petition  to  annex  district  63  to  the  city  of  Decatur 
was  submitted  to  the  Board  of  Education  by  Abner  P.  Cobb  and  Henry 
Kistler,  representing  more  than  three-fourths  of  the  legal  voters  of  the 
said  district.  The  petition  was  granted  and  the  county  clerk  was  informed 
that  the  above  territory  was  now  annexed  to  the  Decatur  school 
district.  _ The  building  known  as  the  WestMain  school  is  now  regarded 
as  city  property.  It  is  approximately  one  and  three-fourth  miles  west 
of  the  intersection  of  Main  streets.  It  contains  one  school  room  seated 
with  double  desks  and  will  accommodate  forty  pupils 


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THE  DECATUR  HIGH  SCHOOL 

The  high  school  is  situated  on  the  corner  of  East  North  and  North 
Broadway,  on  lots  11  and  12  of  block  7 of  Read  & Co.’s  addition,  pur- 
chased of  Warren  & Durfee  in  1866  for  $2,400,  and  on  lot  10  of  the  same 
block  bought  of  Thomas  Read  for  $1,000.  Lot  9 was  added  to  the  ground 
in  1869,  having  been  bought  for  $820.  The  grounds  as  they  now  are 
have  a frontage  of  291  feet  on  East  North  street  and  160  feet  on  North 
Broadway. 

The  central  part  of  the  building,  consisting  of  five  school  rooms,  a 
recitation  room,  a library,  and  an  office  for  the  superintendent,  was 
erected  in  1868.  The  plans  had  been  drawn  by  G.  P.  Randall  of  Chicago , 
and  the  building  was  erected  by  D.  C.  Shockley  at  a total  cost  of  $24,577.- 
46.  In  1892  an  addition  of  six  rooms  was  built  on  the  south  of  the  build- 
ing by  Harrison  Baker  for  $16,484.  Three  years  later  six  rooms  were 
added  to  the  north  end  of  the  building  by  W.  F.  Gebhart  for  $l_5,300. 

The  high  school  now  contains  thirteen  school  rooms,  three  labor- 
atories, two  recitation  rooms,  a library,  an  office  for  the  high  school 
principal,  and  one  for  the  superintendent  of  schools.  About  seven  hun- 
dred pupils  can  be  seated  at  single  desks.  As  the  building  is  neithre 
modern  nor  adequate  it  is  hoped  that  better  accommodations'can  soon 
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HISTORICAL  SKETCH 

OF  THE  DECATUR  HIGH  SCHOOL 

The  Decatur  high  school  dates  its  origin  to  the  year  1862,  when  tha 
directors  decided  to  open  a high  school  with  E.  A.  Gastman  as  its  head, 
and  Miss  Frances  A.  Peterson  as  assistant.  During  the  summer  follow- 
ing this  decision,  Mr.  Gastman  and  Miss  Peterson  married  and  under 
their  management  the  high  school  opened  its  doors  in  September,  1862, 
on  the  present  site  of  the  E.  A.  Gastman  school  with  an  enrollment  of 
64  pupils,  some  of  whom  are  the  most  substantial  and  respected  citizens 
of  Decatur  at  the  present  time. 

In  the  fall  of  1863  the  school  was  moved  to  the  basement  of  the 
Baptist  church  on  the  northeast  corner  of  William  and  Water  streets, 
where  it  remained  until  1869  when  a new  high  school  building  was  erected 
at  a cost  of  $24,577.46.  It  may  be  interesting  to  note  that  the  new 
high  school  is  the  middle  section  of  the  present  structure. 

The  first  session  in  the  new  building  opened  in  September,  1869, 
with  the  following  teachers  in  charge  of  the  several  classes:  E.  A.  Gast- 
man, Mary  W.  French  and  Miranda  M.  Sargent.  It  is  an  interesting 
fact  that  one  of  those  teachers,  Mary  W.  French,  is  at  the  present  time  one 
of  the  most  forceful  teachers  in  the  Decatur  high  school. 

During  the  early  years  of  its  existence  the  Decatur  high  school 
had  no  organized  course  of  study  . Until  1868  such  classes  were  formed 
as  would  best  meet  the  wants  of  the  pupils  , then  the  first  course  of  study 
was  printed.  As  compared  with  the  elective  privileges  in  the  present 
course  of  study,  it  is  interesting  to  note  that  the  only  two  provisions 
for  choice  on  the  part  of  students  in  this  early  course  of  studies  were 
as  follows:  In  the  second  year,  “Review  Arithmetic  or  Advanced 
Algebra,”  in  the  third  year  “pupils  wishing  to  study  Latin  may  drop  one 
study.” 

The  first  class  to  graduate  consisted  of  four  young  women.  They 
were  graduated  on  the  afternoon  of  June  20,  1867,  in  Powers’  hall. 
Although  these  exercises  were  not  well  attended  they  served  to  arouse 
interest  in  the  efforts  of  the  school. 

In  1871  the  course  of  study  was  extended  from  three  to  four  years. 
In  1875  there  were  five  teachers  and  the  average  attendance  was  155  for 
the  year.  By  1890  the  teachers  had  increased  to  seven  and  the  attend- 


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ance  to  244.  The  graduating  class  of  that  year  consisted  of  thirty-six 
members.  The  years  from  1890  to  1907  have  shown  an  increase  in 
total  enrollment,  average  daily  attendance  and  yearly  graduates,  which 
is  very  gratifying.  The  graduating  class  of  1908  will  number  more 
than  100,  exceeding  that  of  an  previous  year. 

Not  only  has  the  Decatur  high  school  advanced  in  point  of  numbers 
but  it  has  also  shown  progress,  through  the  reorganization  of  its  course 
in  helping  the  boys  and  girls  to  find  their  places  in  society  more  readily. 

The  course  of  study  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Education  in  1899 
provided  for  many  more  subjects  than  before  offered,  and  makes  possi- 
ble for  the  student,  in  its  elective  privileges,  a greater  opportunity  for 
the  cultivation  of  individual  taste.  English  and  mathematics,  because 
of  their  practical  value,  are  required  of  all  students.  In  addition  to 
the  technical  and  commercial  courses,  such  work  is  offered  in  the  Decatur 
high  school  as  is  found  in  the  best  high  schools  of  the  state,  and  with 
the  teachers  of  training  and  expericence  in  their  particular  subjects. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  present  school  year  two  new  subjects  were 
offered  to  the  students  of  the  high  school — manual  training  and  domes- 
tic science.  Although  these  subjects  have  been  offered  but  once  per 
week  the  interest  shown  by  the  students  has  more  than  justified  the  ad- 
dition to  the  curriculum. 

When  we  think  how  great  a factor  an  efficient  high  school  is  to  a 
community,  it  would  seem  that  nothing  is  too  good  in  equipment  for  our 
boys  and  girls.  At  the  present  time  the  increasing  enrollments  and  the 
demands  of  society  for  new  courses  of  study  have  called  the  attention  of 
our  citizens  to  the  necessity  of  a new  building. 

It  is  earnestly  hoped  that  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when  the  boys 
and  girls  in  our  city  will  be  surrounded  with  such  school  environment 
that  they  will  have  at  least  a much  better  opportunity  of  finding  their 
right  places  in  the  communiti'es  of  which  they  may  be  members. 


THE  SCIENCE  DEPARTMENT 

The  character  of  the  science  work  that  it  is  possible  to  do  in  many  of 
our  high  schools,  depends  to  a great  extent  on  the  equipment  that  is 
furnished,  for  doing  individual  work  and  general  class  room  demonstra- 
tions. There  has  been  a marked  improvement  during  the  last  quarter 
of  a century  in  the  methods  used  to  give  our  pupils  a definite  and  true 
idea  of  the  facts,  principles  and  laws  of  the  "various  science  subjects. 

At  the  present  time  students  of  chemistry  and  physics  are  required 
to  verify  many  of  the  laws  in  these  subjects,  to  perform  illustrative  ex- 
periments, those  in  biology  to  observe  the  habits  of  plants  and  animals 
as  well  as  to  study  their  structure.  By  these  methods  the  true  scien- 


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tific  spirit  is  developed  in  the  pupil  and  it  is  this  spirit  that  is  really  more 
value  to  the  pupil  than  the  mere  memorizing  of  the  laws  and  principles 
that  may  be  found  in  all  of  our  text  books,  though  these  are  not  ’omitted. 

In  order  to  accomplish  the  best  results  attainable,  well  equipped 
laboratories  are  needed,  and  it  can  be  truly  said  that  the  laboratory 
facilities  of  the  Decatur  high  school  are  surpassed  by  only  a few  schools 
in|the  state. 

The  growth  of  our  high  school  laboratories  has  been  commensurate 
with  the  general  growth  and  development  of  the  city  schools.  The  first 
appropriation  for  apparatus  was  made  in  1869  when  $150  was  paid  for 
some  second  hand  apparatus  from  the  estate  of  Henry  Prather,  about  the 
only  part  of  that  apparatus  that  is  in  use  now  is  the  compound  micro- 
scope. The  amounts  expended  mainly  for  apparatus  during  several 
succeeding  years  is  given  below: 


1877-8. 

1892- 3. 

1893- 4. 

1894- 5. 

1895- 6. 

1896- 7. 

1897- 8. 

1898- 9. 


• 99.41 
465.28 
27.12 

122.50 

679.50 

103.51 
171.01 
150.69 


During  the  years  1877  to  1892  the  only  laboratory  was  in  the  base- 
ment of  the  building.  It  was  poorly  lighted,  practically  had  no  means  of 
ventilation,  and  it  was  always  damp.  It  contained  only  eight  or  ten 
plain  tables  and  no  apparatus  or  facilities  for  practical  individual  work. 
The  real  work  of  building  up  the  chemical  and  physical  laboratory  began 
in  1881.  The  science  teacher  and  his  pupils  constructed  some  apparatus 
•and  each  succeeding  year  some  of  this  home-made  apparatus  has  been 
added  and  much  of  it  answered  just  as  well  as  the  more  expensive  and 
highly  finished  apparatus  of  the  dealers. 

When  the  new  addition  on  the  south  side  was  built  in  1892,  one  room 
on  the  third  floor  was  specially  fitted  for  a chemical  and  physical  labor- 
atory. It  was  well  lighted  and  ventilated  and  it  was  equipped  with  many 
of  the  modern  conveniences  for  chemical  and  physical  work. 

It  accommodated  twenty-four  pupils  in  chemistry  and  about  twelve 
pupils  in  physics  at  a time. 

The  phenomenal  growth  of  the  high  school  soon  made  it  necessary 
to  provide  more  room  for  the  science  department,  therefore  a room  on  the 
same  floor  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  hall  was  fitted  up  for  a physical  and 
biological  laboratory  and  the  chemical  laboratory  facilities  enlarged  by 
adding  another  long  chemical  table  that  accommodated  twelve  pupils 
so  ab  the  present  time  there  is  ample  room  for  thirty-six  working  pupils 
at  a period  and  there  are  individual  lockers  for  seventy-two  pupils  each 


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having  his  own  special  apparatus  and  materials.  The  other  laboratory 
accommodates  about  twenty-four  pupils  in  biology  and  twenty  pupils 
in  physics  at  a time.  It  soon  became  apparent  that  the  work  in  physics 
and  biology  in  the  same  room  was  not  satisfactory  so  in  1896  a room  on 
the  second  floor  that  had  been  used  as  an  ordinary  school  room  was 
equipped  with  modern  appliances  and  tables  for  teacher  and  pupils  so 
that  at  present  there  are  three  well  equipped  laboratories, 

A general  idea  of  the  amount  of' apparatus  and  material  on  hand 
for  the  use  of  the  three  departments  can  be  had  from  the  inventory  taken 
in  1906: 


CHEMICAL  DEPARTMENT 


Individual  apparatus  for  72  pupils $300 

General  apparatus 250 

Chemicals  and  reagents 150 


Total $700 


PHYSICAL  DEPARTMENT 


Carpenter’s  tools  andjbench $ 30 

Measuring  and  test  instruments 200 

Balances 125 

Laws  of  matter  and  mechanics’  apparatus 100 

Hydrostatics,  hydraulics  and  pneumatics 250 

Light  and  heat 400 

Sound 50 

Static  and  current  electricity 350 


Total $1505 


BIOLOGICAL  DEPARTMENT 

The  amount  of  material  for  illustrative  purposes  in  this  department 
is  probably  the  best  in  the  state  of  any  high  school  outside  of  Chicago. 
It  has  been  gathered  by  different  individuals  and  from  various  source. 
Considerable  of  this  material  has  been  presented  to  the  high  school 
by  persons  who  take  much  interest  in  our  public  schools.  This  material 
when  so  presented  is  usually  placed  where  it  can  be  readily  inspected  and 
the  donor’s  name  is  attached  thereto.  Among  those  who  have  given 


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valuable  collections  are  Charles  Condell,  who  gave  several  well  preserved 
bones  of  a mastodon,  a number  of  Indian  relics  and  also  some  alcoholic 
specimens.  Dr.  J.  H.  Eddy,  dentist,  and  Mr.  Frank  L.  Wood  have  each 
presented  a fine  case  of  mounted  birds  and  animals. 

Mr.  John  Imboden  gave  some  Indian  and  other  valuable  relics. 
Mr.  Harry  Kizer,  class  of  1888,  gave  a fine  specimen  of  a deer.  The 
greatest  part  of  this  collection  was  obtained  by  E.  A.  Gastman,  when 
he  taught  the  classes  in  zoology.  What  is  now  needed  is  a suitable 
room  into  which  the  most  of  this  material  could  be  placed  as  it  would 
then  make  a very  fine  showing  as  a museum  of  natural  history.. 

The  estimated  value  of  the  collections  and  apparatus  in  this  depart- 


ment is  as  follows: 

450  mounted  birds  and  bird  skins $ 400 

Mounted  mammals  and  parts  of  mammals 200 

Alcoholic  specimens  in  jars 300 

15  cases  of  insects 50 

48  sets  dissecting  instruments 48 

Geological  collection  of  ores,  minerals,  etc 200 

Herbarium  of  600  specimens 50 

21  compound  microscopes  and  accessories 344 

24  simple  dissecting  microscopes 40 

150  microscopic  slides  for  zoology,  physiology  and 

botany 40 

100  lantern  slides 40 


.Total $1712 


THE  AGORA  1893  1907 

The  Young  Ladies’  Literary  society,  since  grown  into  the  Agora,  was 
organized  in  1893  by  Miss  Flora  E.  Hill.  Its  purpose  then  as  now  was 
that  the  girls  should  train  and  develop  ^heir  minds,  learn  to  express 
themselves  with  fluency  and  to  appear  at  ease  before  their  fellow-students. 
Debates,  orations,  essays,  recitations  and  music  made  up  the  programs. 

In  October,  1894,  this 'society  met  with  the  Boys’  society  and  made 
arrangements  for  a contest  Dec.  7,  1894.  During  the  fourteen  years 
of  the  existence  of  the  literary  societies  the  girls  won  the  first  and  the 
last  contests.  Mr.  James  J.  Sheppard,  principal  at  that  time,  called 
a joint  meeting  of  the  two  societies  in  December,  1894.  from  which 
The  High  School  Observer  originated,  the  first  number  of  which 
appeared  Feb.  17,  1895,  The  first  article  in  the  paper  was  written  by  a 
prominent  member  of  the  Girls’  Literary  society. 


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The  society,  having  a membership  of  fifty-one  girls,  held  an  open-air 
meeting  to  commemorate  the  birthdays  of  Washington  and  Lowell  and 
four  hundred  people  attended.  Later  the  young  men  entertained 
the  faculty  and  the  Y.  L.  L.  S.  with  a lawn  social  which  custom  has  been 
kept  up. 

October  4,  1895,  the  girls  organized  the  Sapphonian  society.  Decem- 
ber 13,  1895,  they  won  the  second  annual  contest.  This-  contest  was 
held  in  the  Congregational  church  and  was  so  well  attended  that  more 
than  sixty-five  dollars  were  taken  in.  This  contest  was  fax'  better  than 
the  one  the  year  before  and  ,it  was  seen  that  the  literary  societies  were 
making  good  progress.  The  Alpha  Beta  entertained  the  Sapphonians 
and  faculty  at  a lawn  party.  The  compliment  was  returned  the  following 
Week  by  a “ Leap  Year  Party”  and  picnic  at  Imboden  Springs. 

The  girls  held  their  first  meeting  of  1896  in  September.  The  Sappho- 
nians and  the  Alpha  Beta  societies  met  in  their  third  contest  Jan.  8. 
The  debate  and  essay  were  decided  in  favor  of  the  Alpha  Beta  and  the 
girls  had  met  their  first  defeat.  This  event  ended  the  literary  work  of 
the  societies  for  that  year.  In  January,  1898.  the  Sapphonian  society 
entertained  the  public  at  an  unusually  good  meeting.  The  principal 
feature  was  a play  entitled  “The  Portrait  of  Clavering  Bangs.” 
May  6 the  Alpha  Beta  and  Sapphonian  societies  gave  a joint  program  in 
the  Edward  street  Christian  church  at  a benefit  for  the  Athletic  asso- 
ciation. , The  entertainment  was  a financial  as  well  as  a social  success. 

October  14,  1898,  the  Alpha  Beta  society  changed  its  constitution 
and  henceforth  was  to  be  a society  for  the  young  people  of  the  high 
school.  The  boys  hoped  that  by  this  means  new  vigor  Would  be  infused 
into  the  society  and  better  results  obtained  in  all  branches  of  their  work. 
There  was  a good  showing  of  the  results  derived  from  the  union  of  the 
two  societies. 

During  the  year  of  ’99  there  seem  to  have  been  no  literary  societies 
whatever  and  not  until  March,  1900,  was  the  Girls’  Literary  society  re- 
organized. This  work  was  dorie  by  a committee  of  three  girls  assisted 
by  a member  of  the  faculty.  The  objects,  as  set  forth  in  the 
prearrible  to  the  constitution,  were:  To  re-establish  a society  of ' young 
ladies  whose  object  is-  to  increase  their  knowledge  of  English  literature 
acquire  fluency  of  speech,  learn  something  of  parliamentary  law,  and 
gain  some  proficiency  in  the  art  of  oratory. 

The  following  school  year  the  meeting  came  to  order  November  22. 
Early  in  the  year  a challenge  to  a literary  contest  was  received  from  the 
boys’  new  lietrary  society,  The  Forum,  and  w-as  accepted. 

The  contest  resulted  in  defeat  for  the  Agora  (the  new  name  of 
the  girls’  society.)  With  their  share  of  the  proceeds  from  th6  contest 
they  tendered  a reception  to  The  Forum" April  12,  1901.  The  play,  “A 


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Box  of  Monkeys,”  was  given.  The  programs  of  this  year  showed  marked 
improvement  and  were  of  a high  order. 

November  27,  1901,  the  Agora  met  and  adopted  a new  constitu- 
tion. This  year  was  marked  by  an  interchange  of  courtesies  between 
the  Agora  and  the  Forum,  and  a good  foundation  was  laid  for  the  follow- 
ing year. 

December  2Q,  1902,  the  Agora,  challenged  to  a spelling  match,  met 
the  Forum.  When  the  last  of  the  Forum  boys  went  down,  twelve  Agora 
girls  were  left  standing.  In  the  flush  of  their  victory  the  Agora  chal- 
lenged*their  opponents  to  a literary  contest  April  10,  1903.  The  Forum 
won  and  the  girls  sent  the  following  verses  attached  to  their  congratula- 
tions : 

The  Forum  can  orate,  declaim  and  debate, 

The  Forum  can  holler  and  yell; 

They  certainly  think  they  are  first  in  the  state, 

But  the  Forum  can  never  spell.” 

The  Agora  improved  greatly  that  year  due  partly  to  the  interest  of 
individual  members  and  to  competition  with  the  Forum. 

February  25,  '04,  the  Agora  held  a literary  contest,  the  program  be- 
ing the  best  one  given  by  the  society  for  some  time.  The  greatest  suc- 
cess that  year  was  the  Agora-Forum  play  with  candy  bazaar.  Socially 
the  Agora  entertained  the  girls  of  the  high  school  at  the  home  of  Mr. 
Ehrman  May  20,  1904.  Among  other  benefits  reaped  that  year  the  girls 
learned  to  feel  and  appreciate  more  truly  the  companionship  of  their 
classmates. 

The  Agora  seems  to  have  worked  especially  to  increase  the  member- 
ship and  to  make  the  programs  profitable  as  well  as  entertaining  during 
the  year  of  1904-’05.  The  programs  comprised  orations,  debates,  sto- 
ries, readings,  extemporaneous  speeches,  musical  numbers,  and  reports 
on  current  events.  The  extemporaneous  debates  proved  interesting 
and  instructive  and  helped  to  develop  the  girls’  power  of  self  expression 
and  fluency  of  speech.  Valentine’s  day  was  celebrated  by  the  presenta- 
tion of  the  play,  “ The  Swiss  Times,”  which  was  followed  by  the  “ Smith 
Mystery  in  honor  of  the  seniors. 

During  1905-’06  the  Agora  had  its  first  regular  faculty  advisor, 
Miss  Anna  Welch.  She  was  present  at  every  meeting  acting  as  critic 
and  giving  very  helpful  suggestions.  Under  her  guidance  the  programs 
have  shown  a marked  improvement.  Several  of  the  teachers  gave  inter- 
esting stories  of  their  college  life.  A ‘‘German  Day”  was  held.  Miss 
Bertha  Reed  gave  a talk  about  Germany,  the  Girls’  Glee  club  sang  Ger- 
man songs  and  Agora  members  gave  German  recitations. 

On  June  the  first  the  Agora  entertained  the  Forum  with  a lawn  party 
at  the  home  of  Miss  Ruth  Roberts. 


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The  last  year,  1906-7,  has  been  one  of  the  most  successful  and  eventful 
in  the  history  of  the  Agora.  The  membership  has  been  limited  to  thirty 
so  that  better  work  might  be  done.  The  Agora-Forum  contest,  held 
February  15,  1907,  in  the  E.  A.  Gastman  hall,  was  the  crowning  success, 
the  Agora  winning  everything  except  the  serious  reading,  and  being  de- 
feated by  only  a few  points  in  that.  The  anual  picnic  and  lawn  party 
were  given  in  May.  Through  the  fourteen  years  of  the  life  of  the  society 
a marked  increase  in  the  excellence  of  the  work  of  the  students  has  been 
noticeable.  Long  live  the  Agora! 


THE  FORUM  1900-1907. 

With  the  exception  of  of  The  Observer , the  Forum  Literary  society 
is  the  oldest  students’  institution  of  the  high  school.  Doubtless,  the 
twelve  boys  who  formed  the  society  in  1900,  had  little  anticipation  of 
the  rise  of  the  Forum  to  such  a potent  factor  of  high  school  life  as  it  now 
is.  Two  years  previous  to  the  formation  of  the  Forum,  the  two  literary 
societies  had  dissolved  and  it  was  organized  merely  as  an  experiment. 

After  its  formation,  the  Forum  grew  rapidly.  The  first  literary  event 
of  any  importance  was  a debate  with  Jacksonville.  The  result  was  de- 
feat for  the  Forum  which  rather  disheartened  them  for  the  remainder 
of  that  year. 

The  next  year,  however,  the  boys  rallied  enough  to  challenge  the 
girls’  literary  socibty  to  an  oratorical  contest,  which  the  Forum  boys 
won.  During  this  year  the  Forum  gave  a reception  to  the  Girls’  Glee 
club  in  the  assembly  room.  Later  in  the  year  the  Agora  gave  the  Forum 
a very  pretty  reception  in  the  Guards’  armory.  The  program  for  the 
evening  consisted  of  a one-act  farce,  entitled,  “A  Box  of  Monkeys.” 
During  the  spring  vacation  the  Forum  rented  two  rooms  in  the  Millikin 
building  and  converted  them  into  club  and  reading  rooms. 

At  the  first  meeting  of  the  following  year  it  was  decided  after  a heated 
discussion,  that  alumni  were  eligible  to  membership.  The  first  social 
event  of  this  year  was  an  open  meeting  at  which  the  chief  feature  was  a 
play  entitled,  “Gentlemen  of  the  Jury,”  in  which  twelve  boys  took  part. 
This  was  followed  by  a mock  trial.  Later  in  the  year  a debate  was  held 
with  the  Bloomington  high  school  in  which  the  Forum  boys  were  the 
victors. 

The  year  1902-1903  was  ushered  in  by  a spelling  match  with  the 
Agora.  The  result  was  that  ten  girls  were  still  standing  when  the  last  boy 
went  down.  Following  a mock  trial  a literary  contest  between  the  two 
societies  occurred.  In  this  contest  the  Forum  secured  sweet  revenge  for 
the  lost  spelling  match.  The  result  was  wholly  for  the  Forum. 


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In  1903-1904  not  a great  deal  was  done.  Several  open  meetings 
were  held,  at  one  of  which  a farce,  entitled  “A  Letter  of  Introducion,” 
was  presented  by  a company  of  Agora-Forum  members.  At  the  end  of 
the  year  the  Forum  gave  a reception  to  the  Agora  and  in  return  the  Agora 
entertained  the  Forum  at  a lawn  party  at  the  home  of  Mr.  D.  S. -Shel- 
labarger. 

The  next  year,  1904-1905,  several  very  helpful  and  interesting  joint 
meetings  were  held  with  the  Agora.  One  of  the  features  of  this  year 
was  a number  of  mock  trials.  At  the  end  of  this  year  the  Forum  enter- 
tained the  Agora  at  a lawn  social  at  the  home  of  Mr.  George  Powers. 

1905-1906  was  a rather  dead  year  for  the  Forum.  The  society 
threatened  to  go  to  pieces.  The  faculty  advisor  left  school  in  the  middle 
of  the  year  and  no  meetings  were  held  for  two  months.  But  conditions 
brightened  and  the  year  ended  with  success.  The  greatest  function  was 
a Forum  reunion  and  mock  trial.  Later  a farce  entitled  “Joining  the 
Army”  was  given  to  the  Agora  by  several  Forum  boys.  At  the  end  of 
the  year  the  Forum  was  pleasantly  entertained  by  the  Agora  on  the 
lawn  of  Mr.  T.  T.  Roberts. 

This  last  year  has  probably  been  the  most  eventful  in  the  history  of 
the  Forum.  The  society  has  grown  and  its  members  have  become  prom- 
inent. The  first  joint  meeting  showed  what  the  members  were  capable 
of  doing.  The  program  was  a very  creditable  one.  This  year  they  placed 
The  Outlook  in  the  High  School  library  as  a gift  to  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion. Then  the  Forum  challenged  the  Agora  to  an  oratorical  contest 
and  were  soon  busily  preparing  for  the  preliminary  contest.  In  the  mean- 
time another  joint  meeting  was  held  with  the  Agora  the  last  night  before 
the  Christmas  vacation,  the  principal  feature  of  which  was  a Christ- 
mas box. 

At  last  the  eventful  contest  was  held  in  the  E.  A.  Gastman  school 
where  a large  assembly  had  gathered.  All  the  contestants  were  well 
prepared  and  each  did  his  part  creditably.  The  judges  decided  in  favor 
of  the  Agora.  Toward  the  end  of  the  school  year  a senior  farewell  joint 
meeting  was  held.  An  enjoyable  social  time  followed  an  exceptionally 
good  program.  The  next  day  they  went  to  a picnic  at  Woodbine  Park. 
The  year  closed  with  a party  at  the  home  of(Miss  Louise  Riley. 

Although  the  Forum  has  not  attained  all  its  ends,  it  has  made  rapid 
advances  the  last  year.  The  programs  consisted  of  a debate,  essay,  ora- 
tion, reading  and  an  occasional  newspaper.  Devotional  exercises  were 
instituted  this  year  as  a fitting  openings  of  the  meetings.  Variety  was 
given  the  programs  by  the  addition  of  musical  numbers  from  time  to 
time. 

The  discussion  of  parliamentary  law  has  proved  especially  help- 
ful. Effort  and  application  have  been  prominent  characteristics  of 
the  society,  and  its  success  was  in  large  measure  due  to  these. 


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LIST  OF  BOOKS 

IN  THE  HIGH  SCHOOL  LIBRARY 


Abbott,  The Scott  I 

About  Vanilla 

Adam  Bede 2 cop.  Eliott 

Adams,  Charles  Francis Adams 

Adams,  John Morse 

Adams,  John  Quincy Morse 

Adams,  Samuel Hosmer 

Addison,  Joseph Courthope 

Adventures  of  Huckleberry  Finn • 

Mark  Twain 

Adventures  of  Ulysses Lamb 

Age  of  Antonines,  The Capes 

Age  of  Chivalry Bulfinch 

Age  of  Elizabeth.ftThe Creighton 

Age  of  Fable Bulfinch 

Age  of  Milton,  The Masterman 

A.  L.  A.  Catalog <.... Dewey 

Alcott,  Louisa  May Cheney 

Alfred  the  Great  Hughes 

Alhambra,  The Irving 

American  Anthology Stedman 

American  Beaver  and  his  Works Morgan 

American  Encyclopeadic  Dictionary,  6 vols. 
American  Engineers’  and  Surveyors’  In- 
struments  Gurley 

American  Entomologist Riley 

American  Entomologist  and  Botanist  .... 

Riley  and  Vasey 

American  Entomologist Walsh  and  Riley 

American  Ephemeres  and  Nautical  Almanac. 

American  Government Ashley 

American  History  Leaflets,  9 vols 

Hart  and  Channing 

American  Literature Richardson 

American  Men  of  Letters — J.  F.  Cooper  ... 

Lounsbury 

American  Naturalist.... Packard  and  Putnam 

American  Poems Longfellow,  Whittier 

Bryant,  Holmes,  Lowell 

American  Political  Economy Bowen 

American  Revolution,  2 vols,  2 cops Fiske 

American  Statesmen — George  Washington 

Lodge 

A.  M.  of  L 

Among  my  Books Lowell 

Anatomy  of  Vertebrated  Animals Huxley 

Ancient  History Botsford 

Ancient  History Rollins 

Animal  Life Jordan  and  Kellogg 

Animal  Locomotion Pettigrew 

Animal  Parasites  and  Messmates Beneden 

Animal  Physiology Clelland 

Annual  Records  of  Science  and  Industry 

2 vols Baird 

Annual  Report  of  Smithsonian  Institute 
to  1907 '. 


Antelope  and  Deer Caton 

Apple  Blossoms Goodale 

Arabian  Nights Hale 

Around  the  World Prime 

Art  and  Industry  in  the  United  States.  .. 

Clark 

Astoria  Irving 

Atlas Gram 

Audubon 

Autobiography,  2 cop Franklin 

Bamaby  Rudge Dickens 

Bacon’s  Essays Whately 

Beacon  Lights  of  History Lord 

Beginners  of  a Nation Eggleston 

Beginnings  of  English  Romantic  Movement 

Phelps 

Beginnings  of  the  Middle  Ages,  3 cop. ...Church 

Being  a Boy Warner 

Ben  Hur Wallace 

Benton,  Thomas  Hart Roosevelt 

Biennial  Message  of  Richard  Yates Yates 

Birds  of  Colorado  Valley Coves 

Birds  and  Bees .....Burroughs 

Bird’s-eye  View  of  our  Civil  War Dodge 

Birds  of  North  America 

Baird,  Cassin,  Lawrence 

Birds  of  North  America Lawrence 

Birds  of  North  America Studer 

Birds  of  the  United  States  and  Canada.... 

Nutte  1 

Bigelow  Papers Lowe  1 

Biographical  and  Critical  Miscellanies 

Prescott 

Bitter  Sweet Holland 

Black  Hawk  War Stevens 

Blue  Book  of  the  State  of  Illinois Rose 

Books  and  Reading Porter 

Briefs  for  Debates , 

Brookings  and  Ringw alter 

Brent,  John Winthrop 

A Brief  History  of  the  Nations Fisher 

Bulletins  of  the  United  States  National 

Museum Cope 

Bulletion  of  Illinois  State  Laboratory  of 

Natural  History Forbes 

Buried  Cities  of  Campania Adams 

Burke  Morley 

Butterflies  of  the  Eastern  Uniten  States 

' French 

Caesar,  A Sketch Froude 

Caesar,  A Story  of,  2 cop Clarke 

Calhoun,  John  C ..Von  Holst 

Canterbury  Tales,  The Chaucer 

Captains  Courageous Kipling 

Carroll,  Story  of  Lewis Bowman 

Cass,  Lewis McLaughlin 


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Catalogue  of  Coleoptera  of  U.  S 

Melsheimer 

Catalogue  of  Fishes  of  East  Coast  of  N.  A. 

Gill 

Catalogue  of  the  Lepidoptera  of  N.  Amer- 
ica  Morris 

Caterpillars  and  their  Moths.... Eliot  and  Soule 

Cecil’s  Book  of  Beasts Peabody 

Cecil’s  Book  of  Birds Peabody 

Cecil’s  Book  of  Insects Peabody 

Celestial  Handbook Poole 

Century  Atlas  of  the  World Smith 

Century  Book  of  Facts Rooff 

Century  Cyclopedia  of  Names,  2 cop 

Smith 

Chamber’s  Etymological  Dictionary..  . Donald 
Chapters  on  the  Natural  History  of  U.  S. 

Shufeldt 

Characteristics  of  English  Poets Minto 

Charles  the  Fifth,  3 vols Prescott 

Chase,  Salmon  P Hart 

Chaucer  Ward 

Chaucer  to  Longfellow Fraser 

Charlemagne,  Life  of Turner 

Children  of  the  Abbey Roche 

Chinch  Bug,  The Thomas 

Choice  Specimens  of  English  Literature 

Shaw  and  Smith 

Christmas  Carol  and  Cricket  on  the 

Hearth,  2 cop Dickens 

Cicero,  Marcus  Tullus Forsythe 

City  of  the  Seven  Hills,  The Hardjng 

Civilization  in  the  Middle  Ages Jones 

Civil  War  and  the  Constitution,  2 vols  Burgess 

Classic  Myths  in  English  Literature Gayley 

Classification  of  the  Coleoptera  of  N.  A. 

LeConte 

Clay,  Henry,  Life  of,  2 vols Schurz 

Cleopatra,  Queen  of  Egypt Abbott 

Climbing  Plants Darwin 

Cloister  and  the  Hearth,  2 cop .....Reade 

Coleridge’s  Ancient  Mariner Edgar 

Colonial  Era Fisher 

Colonies,  The,  4 vols Thwaite 

Columbus,  Christopher Adams 

Columbus,  Christopher,  Life  and  Voyages 

of,  5 vols Irving 

86  Page. 

Columbus,  Christopher,  Life  of,  2 cop.  Hale 

Common  Frog,  The Mivart 

Common  Sense  in  First  Steps  in  Political 

Economy  Liverson 

Comparative  Anatomy  of  Domestic  Ani- 
mals  Clauveau 

Comparative  Geography Ritter 

Compendium  of  American  Literature 

Cleveland 

Complete  Poetical  Works Longfellow 

Complete  Poetical  Works Pope 

Complete  Poetical  Works Whittier 

Complete  Poetical  Works Wordsworth 

Complete  Rhetoric Welsh 

Complete  Works Bums 

Conciliation  with  the  Colonies Brddley 

Conquest  of  Mexico,  3 vols Prescott 

Conspiracy  of  Pontiac,  2 vols Parkman 

Constitutional  History  and  Political  De- 
velopment of  the  United  States Stems 

Contributions  to  the  Natural  History  of 

the  U.  S Agassiz 

Coral  and  Coral  Islands Dana 

Coriolanus  Kellogg 


Correct  Thing  in  Good  Society.  The Hall 

Correlation  and  Conservation  of  Forces.  .. 

Youmans 

Cotton  Worm,  The Riley 

Cranial  Affinities  of  Man  and  Ape Virchow 

Cranford  Gaskill 

Crayfish,  The Huxley 

Critical  History  of  Free  Thought Farrar 

Cromwell  Life  of  Oliver  2 vols.4 Carlyle 

Critique  of  Pure  Reason Kant 

Crumbs  Swept  Up Talmage 

Cuore  Hapgood 

Currency  and  Banking Price 

Cyclopedia  of  American  Biography,..  6 vols 

Wilson  and  Fiske 

Cyclopedia  of  American  Literature,  2 vols 

Chambers 

Cyclopedia  of  American  Literature,  2 vols 

2 cop Duyckinck 

Daily  News  Almanac  for  1895 

Data  of  Ethics Spencer 

Day  in  Ancient  Rome,  A Shumway 

David  Balfour Stevenson 

David  Copperfield,  2 cop Dickens 

Decisive  Battles  since  Waterloo 

Decline  and  Fall  of  the  Roman  Empire,  6 

vols  Gibbon 

Deerslayer,  The Cooper 

Descent  of  Man Darwin 

Descriptive  Atlas  of  the  United  States  ... 
Destruction  of  Young  or  Unfledged  Lo- 
custs   Riley 

Development  of  English  Literature  and 

Language  Welsh 

Development  of  the  Posterior  Fissure  of 

the  Spinal  Cord Bames 

Dialogues  of  Plato,  4 vols Jowett 

Dickens,  Charles,  Life  of Mackenzie 

Dictionary  of  Americanisms Bartlett 

Dictionary  of  Classical  Literature  and 

Antiquities  Peck 

Dictionary  of  Dates Hadyn 

Dictionary  of  English  Etymology 

Wedgewood 

Dictionary  of  English  Language.  .. Richardson 

Dictionary  of  English  Literature Adams 

Dictionary  of  English  Literature,  3 vols. 

Allibone 

Dictionary  of  French  and  English  Lan- 
guages   Gase 

Dictionary  of  Noted  Names  of  Fiction 

Wheeler 

Dictionary  of  Phase  and  Fable Brewer 

Dictionary  of  Quotations  from  English 

and  American  Poets Ward 

Diptera  of  I*J.  America Sacken 

Discovery  and  Conquest  of  the  North- 
west   Blanchard 

Divine  Comedy,  The  (Longfellow) Dante 

Division  and  Reunion,  2 cop Wilson 

Doctrine  of  Evolution Huxley 

Does  Protection  Protect? Grosvenor 

Dombey  & Son Dickens 

Don  Quixote Cervantes 

Eads,  James  B How 

Early  England,  2 cop Phillips 

Early  English  Literature Ten  Brink 

Early  Plantagenets,  The .. Stubbs 

Early  Rome Ihne 

Earth  and  Its  Story,  The Heilprin 

Earth  and  Man Guyot 

Earth  and  Man,  Story  of  the Dawson 


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Earth  and  Its  Inhabitants  (Europe  and 

North  America) Reclus 

Earth  as  Modified  by  Human  Action..  . Marsh 

Earthquakes  and  Volcanoes Ponton 

Easy  Lessons  on  the  Constitution  of  the 

United  States Bayliss 

Ecclesiastical  History Mosheim 

Ecclesiastical  History 

Sozomen  and  Philostorgins 

Economics  of  Manual  Training Rovillion 

Education  Demanded  by  Modern  Life... 

Youmans 

Education  in  the  United  States Butler 

Edward  the  First...: Tout 

Edward  the  Third Warburton 

Electrical  Engineering Rosenberg 

Electricty  and  Magnetism Thompson 

Electricty  in  Modem  Life Tunzelmann 

Elementary  Meteorology Davis. 

Elementary  Practical  Physics 

Stewart  and  Gee 

Elementary  Studies  in  Insect  Life..  . Hunter 
Elements  of  English  Composition.. Chittenden 
Elements  of  Intellectual  Philosophy 


, Way  land 

Elements  of  Political  Economy Newman 

Elements  of  Political  Economy Perry 

Eliott,  George Cooke 

Empirical  Psychology Hickock 

Encyclopedia  Britanica,  25  vols 

Encylcopedia  of  Chemistry Booth 

Encyclopedia  of  Religious  Knowledge.  .. 


England  of  Shakespeare Goadbv 

English  Composition Wendell 

English  Grammar Fowler 

English  History  for  Americans 


Higginson  and  Channing 

English  History,  told  by  English  Poets 

Corman 

English  Poets  of  the  XVIII.  Century 


Thackeray 

English  in  Schools Hudson 

English  Language  and  its  Early  Liter- 
ature  Gilmore 

English  Language,  The Greene 

English  Language,  The Meiklejohn 

English  Masterpiece  Course Welsh 

English  Men  of  Letters — Bacon Church 

English  of  the  Fourteenth  Century.  Carpenter 

English  Poets,  4 vols Ward 

English  Shakespeare,  The Craik 

English  Synonyms,  Crabb 

English  Traits Emerson 

Entomology Folsom 

Epoch  of  Reform McCarthy 

Essays  Emerson 

Essays,  Critical  and  Miscellaneous.. Macaulay 

Essays  on  Political  Economy Greeley 

Essentials  in  English  History Walker 

Essentials  of  Botany  Bessey 

Etymological  Dictionary  of  the  English 

Language Skeat 

Evangeline  Longfellow 

Evenings  at  the  Microscope Gosse 

Every  Day  Topics Holland 

Evidences  of  Christianity Hopkins 

Excursions  Thoreau 

Excursions  in  Greece Diehl 

Fxecutive  Documents,  Second  Session 

33d  Congress,  vols.  8-10 

Experimental  Physics Lommel 


Experimental  Science Hopkins.. 

European  H istory, Adams 

Europe  in  the  Middle  Ages 

Thatcher  and  Schwill 

Fairie  Queene Spenser 

Fall  of  the  Stuarts Hale 

Familiar  Talks  on  English  Literature 

Richardson 

Familiar  Quotations Bartlett 

Famous  Books Adams 

Faust  (B.  Taylor)  2 vols Goethe 

Ferdinand  and  Isabella Prescott 

Fermentation Schutzenberger 

First  Annual  Report  of  U.  S.  Entomolog- 
ical Commission  for  1877  relating  to 

Rocky  Mountain  Locust 

First  Book  of  Geology Davis 

First  Lessons  in  Civil  Government Young 

First  Lessons  in  Political  Economy  ...Walker 

First  Principles Spencer 

First  Two  Stuarts  and  Puritan  Revolu- 
tion   Gardiner 

Five  Senses  of  Man Bernstein 

Footprints  of  the  Creator Miller 

The  Footprints  of  Time  and  an  Analysis 

of  our  Government Bancroft 

Formation  of  the  Union,  4 cops Hart 

Forms  of  Water Tyndall 

For  the  Honor  of  the  School Barbour 

Foundation  of  Zoology Brooks 

Four  American  Poets Cody 

Fourth  Annual  Report  of  the  United 
States  Geological  Survey  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Interior Powell 

Fragments  of  Science Tyndall 

Franklin,  Benjamin,  Autobiography,  15 

cop  Morse 

Franklin,  Benjamin Morse 

French  People,  The Hassall 

French  Revolution,  The Morris 

French  War  and  the  Revolution,  The 

Sloane.. 

Friend  of  Caesar,  A Davis 

Garfield,  Life  and  Public  Services  of 

James  A McCabe 

Geographical  Distribution  of  Animals 

Wallace 

Gallatin,  Albert Stevens 

Ganot  Physics Atkinson 

Geography  of  the  Heavens Burritt 

General  History  of  Greece,  A Cox 

General  History  of  Rome,  A Merivale 

Geological  and  Geographical  Survey  of 

the  Territories 

Geological  Survey  of  Illinois Worthen 

Geology  and  Physical  Geography  of  Bra- 
zil   Hartt 

German  Dictionary Whitney 

German  Grammar Whitney 

German  Life  in  Town  and  Country..  . Dawson 

Glaciers  of  the  Alps Tyndall 

Gods  and  Heroes Francillon 

Golden  Treasury  of  Songs  and  Lyrics  Palgrave 

Good  English Gould 

Government  in  State  and  Nation James 

Grammar  and  Composition Lyte 

Grammar  of  Grammars Brown 

Grandissimes,  The Cable 

Grant,  Ulysses  S Richardson 

Great  English  Writers.  .. Bachus  and  Brown 

Grecian  and  Roman  Mythology Dwight 

Great  Wonders  in  Little  Things Dyer 


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Great  Lives Mombert 

Greek-English  Lexicon Liddell-Scott 

Greek  Sculpture Von  March 

Growth  of  the  French  Nation Adams 

Guide  to  American  History 


Guide  to  Study  of  Insects .....Packard 

Half  Hours  with  Insects Packard 

Hamilton,  Alexander Lodge 

Hamilton,  Alexander Sumner 


Handbook  of  History  and  Chronology. 


Gregory 

Hand  Atlas  of  the  World Bartholomew 

Handbook  of  Poetics Gummere 

Handbook  of  English  History Guest 

Handbook  of  Universal  Literature Botts 

Handwriting  of  God Randall 

Hawthorne,  Nathaniel Woodberry 

Hazel  Blossbms Whittier 

Health  and  Education Kingsley 

Health  and  Good  Living Hall 

Heart  of  Africa ^Schweinfurth 

Heath  s German  Dictionary,  4 cop Weir 

Henry,  Patrick Tyler 

Henry  II Green 

Henry  VII Gairdner 

Heroes  or  Greek  Fair^  Stories Tetlow 

Heroic  Ballads 

Historical  Development  of  Modem  Eu- 
rope   Andrews 

Historic  Note  Book Brewer 

History  for  Ready  Reference,  6 vols....Larned 

History  of  a Mouthful  of  Bread Mace 

History  of  Art Goodyear 

History  of  Christianity Milman 

History  of  Eighteenth  Century  Litera- 
ture   Gosse 

History  of  Elizabethan  Literature. Saintsbury 

History  of  England Coman  and  Kendall 

History  of  England,  7 vols Linguard 

History  of  England  from  Fall  of  WoLsey 

to  Death  of  Elizabeth,  12  vols Froude 

History  and  Condition  of  the  Fishery  In- 
dustries  Elliott 

History  of  England,  7 vols .....Hume 

History  of  England,  Abridged Hume 

History  of  England,  8 vols Knight 

History  of  England,  5 vols Macaulay 

History  of  English  People Green 

History  of  English  Literature Halleck 

History  of  English  Literature 

Moody  and  Lovett 

History  of  English  Literature Spalding 

History  of  English  Literature Taine 

History  of  English  Literature Warton 

History  of  Europe,  4 vols Allison 

History  of  France White 

History  of  Germany Kohlrausch 

History  of  Germany Lewis 

History  of  Greece Curtius 

History  of  Greece Myers 

History  of  Greece Oman 

History  of  Greece Smith 

History  of  Macon  County  to  1876  2 cop. 

Smith 

History  of  Modem  Europe Lodge 

History  of  Modem  Europe Russell 

History  of  Modem  Europe Fyffe 

History  of  New  England,  2 vols Palfrey 

History  of  New  York Knickerbocker 


History  of  Nineteenth  Century  Literature 
Saintsbury 


History  of  North  American  Pinnapeds 


Allen 

History  of  Philosophy Ueberweg 

History  of  Rome,  4 vols Mommson 

History  of  Roman  Literature Cruttwell 


History  of  Rome  to  the  Death  of  Caesar 

How  and  Leigh 

History  of  the  American  Nation,  2 vols 

McLaughlin 

History  of  the  British  Nation,  2 cop.  .. Wrong 


History  of  the  Crusades,  3 vols Michaud 

History  of  the  Earth  and  Animated  Na- 
ture   Goldsmith 

History  of  the  French  Revolution,  4 vols. 

Thiers 

History  of  the  Middle  Ages Munro 

History  of  the  Reformation D’Aubigne 

History  of  the  Roman  Empire Bury 

History  of  the  Roman  Republic 


Bryans  and  Hendy 


History  of  the  United  Netherlands,  4 vols. 

Motley 

History  of  the  United  States Fiske 

History  of  the  United  States Bancroft 

History  of  the  United  States Thomas 

History  of  the  United  States Trent 

History  of  the  United  States  of  America 

Schoule 

History  of  War  Between  Germany  and 

France  McCabe 

Holy  Roman  Empire,  The Bryce 

Homes  Without  Hands Wood 

Hoosier  Schoolmaster,  The Eggleston 

House  of  Seven  Gables,  The Hawthorne 

Houses  of  Lancaster  and  York Gairdner 

Household  Book  of  Poetry Dana 

How  Western  Farmers  are  Benefitted  by 

Protection  Mason 

Hudibras Butler 

Hulsean  Lectures,  The Trench 

Human  Intellect Porter 

Hypatia  Kingsley 

Iliad  of  Homer,  2 vols Bryant 

Iliad  of  Homer,  The..  . Lang,  Leaf  and  Myers 

Illinois,  2 vols Moses 

Illinois  State  Entomologist Forbes 

Illustrated  Flora,  5 vols..  . Britton  and  Brown 

Indian  Club  Exercise Kehoe 

Inebriety  Palmer 

Injurious  and  other  Insects  of  New  York 

Lintner 

Insects  at  Home Wood 

Insects  Injurious  to  Vegetation Agassiz 

Insect  Life Comstock 

Insects  of  the  Garden Packard 

Insects  of  the  Plant  House Packard 

Insects  of  the  Pond Packard 

International  Geography Mill 


Introduction  to  American  Literature. 


Painter 

Introduction  to  American  Literature 

(with  Notes) Painter 

introduction  to  American  Literature,  2 

cop Pancoast 

Introduction  to  American  Literature,  4 

cop Matthews 

Introduction  to  English  Literature. .Pancoast 

Introduction  to  Entomology 

Kirby  and  Spence 

Introduction  to  General  Biology MacGinley 

Introduction  to  Political  Economy  .Perry 
Introduction  to  Robert  Browning Corson 


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Introduction  to  Shakespeare Corson 

Introduction  to  the  History  of  Western 

Europe  Robinson 

Introduction  to  the  Industrial  and  Social 

History  of  England Cheyney 

Introduction  to  the  Middle  Ages,  3 cop.... 

'. Emerton 

Introduction  to  the  Study  of  Entomology 

Bruner 

Introduction  to  the  Study  of  Biology 


Nicholson 

Iowa  and  Minnesota Owen 

Irving’s  Sketch  Book Sprague 

Irving,  Washington,  2 cop Warner 

Ivanhoe  Scott 

Jackson,  Andrew Brown 

Jackson  Andrew Morse 

Jay,  John Pellew 

Jean  Valjean Hugo 

Jefferson,  Thomas Morse 

Jefferson,  Thomas Schoule 

Jerusalem  Delivered Tasso 

Johnson,  Samuel,  Life  of,  4 vols Boswell 

Josephine,  History  of Abbott 

Journal  of  the  Constitutional  Convention 

Journal  of  Researches Darwin 

Jungle-Book,  2 cop Kipling 

Kathrina Holland 

Kenilworth  Scott 

Key  to  North  American  Birds Coves 

Kidnapped  Stevenson 

Kingdoms  of  Nature Dexter 

King  Henry  IV Kellogg 

King  Henry  V Kellogg 

King  Henry  VIII Kellogg 

King  John Kellogg 

King  Lear Kellogg 

King  of  the  Golden  River Ruskin 

King  Richard  VII Kellogg 

Kings  of  Fortune Houghton 

Koran,  The Sale 

Kossuth,  Life  of  Louis Headley 

Landmarks  of  History Yonge 

Land  of  the  White  Elephant Vincent 

Last  Days  of  Pompeii Lytton 

Latin  Dictionary Lewis  and  Short 

Latin-English  Lexicon 

Leaders  of  the  Reformation Tulloch 


Leading  Facts  of  English  History 

Montgomery 

Leading  Facts  of  French  History 

Montgomery 

Lectures  on  Metaphysics  and  Logic 


: Hamilton 

Lectures  on  Modem  History Arnold 

Lectures  on  the  Study  of  History Smith 

Lectures  to  Young  Men Beecher 

Legendary  and  Mythological  Art Clement 

Legends  of  Charlemagne Bulfinch 

Legends  of  King  Arthur  and  His  Court 

1 Greene 

Lessons  of  Political  Economy Champlin 

Letters  of  a Traveler Bryant 


Library  of  American  Literature,  11  vols 

Stedman  and  Hutchin 

Library  of  the  World’s  Best  Orations.... 


_ Brewer 

Life  and  Growth' of  Language Whitney 

Life  of  Ancient  Greeks Gulicks 

Life  of  North  American  Insects Jaeger 

Life  of  Greeks  and  Romans 


.Guhl  and  Koner 


Life  on  the  Seashore.. Emerton 

Life  Histories  of  American  Insects Weed 

Light Meyer  and  Barnard 

Lighthouses  and  Airships Adams 

Lincoln,  Abraham,  2 vols Morse 

Lincoln,  Early  Life  of  Abraham 

Tarbell  and  Davis 

Lincoln,  Life  of Crosby 

Lincoln  Inner  Life  of Carpenter 

List  of  Coleoptera  of  North  America 

LeConte 

Literary  Selections 

Literary  Studies  from  Great  British  Au- 


thors   Morgan 

Literary  Study  of  the  Bible Moulton 

Little  Journey  to  Germany George 

Lives  Plutarch 

Lives  of  Illustrious  Men,  3 vols Plutarch 

Lives  of  the  Queens  of  England  ... Strickland 

Logic , Jevons 

Longfellow,  Henry  Wadsworth Higginson 

Louisiana  Purchase Hitchcock 

Loma  Doone Blackmoore 

Madison,  James Gay 

Making  of  the  Nation Walker 

Malay  Archipelago Wallace 

Mammals  of  North  America Baird 

Man’s  Place  in  Nature Huxley 

Manual  for  Study  of  Insects Comstock 

Manual  of  Ancient  and  Modem  History 

Taylor 

Manual  of  Classical  Literature Fiske 

Manual  of  Commerce Brown 

Manual  of  English  Prose  Literature Minto 

Manual  of  Geology Dana 

Manual  of  Inorganic  Chemistry 

Elliott  and  Storer 

Manual  of  Mineralogy Dana 

Manual  of  Mythology,  2 cop Murray 

Manual  of  North  American  Birds..  Ridge  way 

Manual  of  the  Mollusca Woodward 

Manual  of  Vertebrated  Animals Jordan 

Manual  of  Zoology Nicholson 

Manual  of  Zoology Tenney 

Marble  Faun,  15  cop Hawthorne 

Marie  Antoinette,  History  of Abbott 

Marine  Mammals.... Seammon 

Marshall,  John Magruder 

Mary  Queen  of  Scots Meline 


Masterpieces  of  American  Literature 

Masterpieces  of  British  Literature 

, Different  Writers 

Masterpieces  in  English  Literature  ... Sprague 

Masters  in  Art,  3 vols 

Master  Virgil Tunison 

Mediaeval  and  Modem  History Myers 

Mediaeval  Europe,  2 cop Emerton 

Members  and  Officers  of  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives   Reeve 

Memorial  Address  on  the  Life  and  Char- 
acter of  A.  Lincoln Bancroft 

Mental  Philosophy Upham 

Merchant  of  Venice Hudson 

Merchant  of  Venice Kellogg 

Merry  Adventures  of  Robin  Hood Pyle 

Messages  and  Papers  of  the  Presidents 

Richardson 

Methods  in  the  Art  of  Taxidermy Davie 

Method  of  Study  in  Nature  Study.... Agassiz 

Microscope,  The Carpenter 

Middle  Ages,  The Myers 

Middle  England,  2 cop Philips 


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Middle  Period,  The Burgess 

Mill  on  the  Floss,  2 cop Eliot 

Milton Pattison 

Mind  in  Nature Clark 

Mineral  Resources  of  the  States  and  Ter- 
ritories  

Minnesota  Botanical  Studies MacMillan 

Miscellaneous  Works Goldsmith 

Mississippi  Valley,  Its  Physical  Geogra- 
phy   Foster 

Missouri  Goeolgical  Survey Gallaher 

Modem  Ages,  The Myers 

Modem  Atlas Cram 

Modem  British  Essayists Jeffrey 

Modem  Hitsorical  Atlas Gage 

Modem  Philosophy : Bowen 

Money  and  Banking White 


Money  and  Mechanism  of  Exchange. 


Jevons 

Monographs  of  Diptera  of  N.  A Loew 

Monographs  of  Diptera  of  N.  A Sacken 

Monroe,  James Gilman 

Montcalm  and  Wolfe,  2 vols Parkman 

Morris,  Govemeur Roosevelt 

Morris,  Robert Sumner 

Mouth-parts  of  Thysanoptera Garmen 

Myths  of  Greece  and  Rome Guerber 

Myths  and  Myth  Makers Fisk 

Napoleon  and  the  Marshals  of  the  Empire 

Napoleon  and  His  Marshals Headley 

Napoleon  Bonaparte,  Memoirs  of 

DeBourienne 

Natural  History Swainson 

Natural  History  of  Birds Jones 

Natural  History  of  New  York DeKay 

Natural  History  of  New  York  (Birds) 

DeKay 

Natural  History  of  New  York  (Mammalia) 

DeKay 

Natural  History  of  New  York  (Molluscd 

and  Crustacea) DeKay 

Natural  History  of  New  York  (Plates)  DeKay 
Natural  History  of  New  York  (Reptiles 

and  Amphibia) DeKay 

Natural  History  of  Plants..  . Kemer  and  Oliver 
Natural  History  of  Rocky  Mountain  Lo- 
custs   Riley 

Natural  History  of  Selboume White 

Naturalist’s  Voyage  Around  the  World 

Darwin 

Naturalist’s  Library Gould 

Natural  Philosophy Deschaniel 

Nestlings  of  Forest  and  Marsh Wheelock 

Newcomes,  The Thackeray 

New  Chemistry. Cooke 

New  International  Encyclopedia,  17  vols. 

New  Natural  History Lydekker 

New  Pieces  that  take  Prizes  in  Speaking 

Contests  Blackstone 

New  Species  of  N.  A.  Coleoptera LeConte 

Nicholas  Nickleby Dickens 

Normans  in  Europe,  The Johnson 

Noxious  and  Beneficial  Insects Forbes 

Noxious,  Beneficial  and  other  Insects  of 

Missouri  Riley 

Noxious  and  Beneficial  Insects LeBaron 

Ocean  World Figuier 

Odyssey  of  Homer Butcher  and  Lang 

Odyssey  of  Homer,  2 vols.  2 cop Bryant 

Old  Greek  Folk  Stories  Told  Anew..  . Peabody 

Old  English  Ballads Gummere 

Old  Greek  Life,  3 vols Mahafty 


Old  Mortality Scott 

Old  Red  Sandstone M filler 

Old  South  Leaflets,  5 vols 

Open  Polar  Sea,  The Hayes 

Origin  of  Species Darwin 

Ornithology  of  Illinois,  2 vols Ridgeway 

Our  Republic  True 

Outlines  of  History Freeman 

Outlines  of  Industrial  Chemistry Thorp 

Outlines  of  Roman  History Pelham 

Outlines  of  the  History  of  Art Lubke 

Outlines  of  Universal  History Weber 

Outlines  of  World’s  History Swinton 

Oyster  Industry Ingersoll 

Paradise  Lost  (Sprague) Milton 

Parasitic  Fungi  of  Wisconsin Trelease 

Parlament  of  Foules Chaucer 

Past  and  Present  of  the  City  of  Decatur, 

and  Macon  County 

Patty  at  Home Wells 

Pendennis  Thackeray 

Peel  Thursfield 

People  for  Whom  Shakespeare  Wrote, 

The Warner 

Personal  History  of  Lord  Bacon Dixon 

Personal  Reminiscences.  2 vols Spring 

Philosophy  of  English  Literature....Bascom 

Philosophy  of  History Hegel 

Philosophy  of  Natural  History'. Ware 

Physical  Geography Young 

Physical  Geography  of  the  Sea Maury 

Physics  and  Politics Bagehot 

Physiology  for  Practical  Use Hinton 

Physiology  of  Artistic  Singing Howard 

Physiology  of  Common  Life,  2 vols Lewes 

Pickwick  Papers Dickens 

Pictures  of  Travels  in  Far-off  Lands 

Picturesque  Washington Moore 

Pieces  for  Prize  Speaking  Con  tests.. Gunnison 

Pilgrims  and  Puritans Moore 

Pilgrim’s  Progress,  2 cop Bunyan 

Pilot,  The Cooper 

Pioneers  of  France  in  the  New  World 

Parkman 

Pitt  Lord  Roseberry 

Plain  Talks  on  Familiar  Subjects Holland 

Plant  Relations Coulter 

Plant  Structures Coulter 

Plays  of  Shakespeare Hudson 

Plays  of  Shakespeare.  Series  1,  2,  3.  Hudson 

Poems  Ingelow 

Poems Longfellow 

Poems Poe 

Poetical  Works Keats 

Poetical  Works Browning 

Poetical  Works Bryant 

Poetical  Works Coleridge 

Poetical  Works,  3 vols Holmes 

Poetical  Works Scott 

Poetical  Works Moore 

Poetical  Works Whittier 

Poetical  Works Wordsworth 

Poetical  Works,  2 vols.Alfred,  Lord  Tennyson 

Poets  and  Novelists Smith 

Poets  and  Poetry  of  Europe Longfellow 

Polar  and  Tropical  Worlds Hartwig 

Political  Economy Gregory 

Political  Economy Thompson 

Political  Economy Walker 

Political  Economy  for  Beginners Fawcett 

Political  History  of  Recent  Times Muller 


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Politics  for  Young  Americans Nordhoff 

Polly  Oliver’s  Problem,  2 cop Wiggin 

Popular  Astronomy Newcomb 

Popular  Natural  History Wood 

Popular  Science  Monthly,  34  vols 

Portrait  of  a Lady,  The James 

Potiphar  Papers Curtis 

Practical  Entomologist 

Pride  and  Prejudice Austen 

Primary  Battteries Carhart 

Primer  of  Forestry,  A Pinchot 

Prince  and  Page Yonge 

Principles  of  Geology Lyell 

Principles  of  Mental  Physiology..  . Carpenter 

Principles  of  Political  Economy Mill 

Principles  of  Political  Economy Gide 

Private  of  the  Romans..  . Preston  and  Dodge 

Progressive  Ages .,  Harvey 

Prologue  (The),  The  Knight’s  Tale. Chaucer 

Pronouncing  Gazeteer  of  the  World 

Lippincottt 

Pros  and  Cons Craig 

Protestant  Revolution Seebohn 

Protoplasm  and  Germ  Theory Huxley 

Prue  and  I Curtis 

Public  Libraries  in  the  United  States  of 

America 

Qualitative  Chemical  Analysis Appleton 

Quantitative  Chemical  Analysis Cajrns 

Queen  Elizabeth Beesby 

Quentin  Durward Scott 

Rasselas J ohnson 

Rab  and  His  Friends Brown 

Railways  in  the  United  States  in  1902 

Ramona  Jackson 

Ranch  Life  and  the  Hunting  Trail.. Roosevelt 

Randolph,  John Adams 

Reader’s  Handbook,  2 cop Brewer 

Reading  Book  of  English  Classics  . Leffingwell 

Reason  Why,  The 

Reign  of  Queen  Anne,  2 vols McCarthy 

Recollections  of  Sixteen  Presidents  from 
Washington  to  Linclon,  2 vols.... Thompson 
Reconstruction  and  the  Constitution.  .. 

'. Burgess 

References  of  Literary  Works Matson 

Reformation,  The Fisher. 

Relations  of  Insects  to  Man Packard' 

Religion  and  Science LeConte 

Religion  of  Geology 

Reliques  of  Ancient  Poetry Percy 

Reports  of  Explorations  and  Surveys 

Shuffeldt 

Report  of  Geological  Survey  of  Wisconsin 

Report  of  State  Board  of  Agriculture 

Murtfeldt 

Report  of  the  Adjutant  General  of  Illinois 

9 vols Reece 

Report  of  the  Bureau  of  Ethnology,  2d 

and  4th Powell 

Report  of  U.  S.  Etomological  Commission 

for  1878-79 Riley 

Report  on  Cotton  Insects Comstock 

Reports  on  Noxious,  Beneficial  and  other 

Insects  of  New  York Fitch 

Representative  English  Literature.. 

Pancoast 

Responsibility  in  Mental  Diseases.. Mandsley 
Revolutionary  and  Napoleonic  Era,  The 

Rose 

Rhetoric  made  Racy Crafts  and  Fiske 


Rienzi  Lytton 

Rise  and  Progress  of  the  Standard,  Oil 

Company  Montague 

Rise  of  Silas  Lapham Howells 

Rise  of  the  Dutch  Republic,  3 vols Motley 

Roman  Antiquities Wilkins 

Roman  Empire,  The Capes 

Roman  Festivals Fowler 

Roman  Life  in  Pliny’s  Time Pellison 

Roman  Life  in  the  Days  of  Cicero Church 

Roman  Life  Under  the  Caesars Thomas 

Roman  Political  Institutions Abbott 

Roman  Scenes  in  the  Times  of  Augustus 

Becker 

Roman  Society Dill 

Roman  Triumverates Merivale 

Rome  and  Cartheage Smith 

Romeo  and  Juliet Kellogg 

Romola  Eliot 

Rudder  Grange Stockton 

Sacred  Biography  and  History Tiffany 

Scarlet  Letter,  The Hawthorne 

Scenes  and  Characters  of  the  Middle  Ages 

Cutts 

School  Architecture Wheelright 

Science,  9 vols King 

Science  and  Education Huxley 

Science  of  Wealth Walker 

Scottish  Chiefs,  2 cop Porter 

Scott’s  Lady  of  the  Lake Tufts 

Scott’s  Marmion Norriss 

Seasons,  The Thomson 

Seaside  Studies  in  Natural  History..  . Agassiz 

Second  Jungle  Book Kipling 

Select  Charters  Illustrative  of  American 

History 

Selections Browning 

Selections  from  Chaucer’s  Canterbury 

Tales  Corson 

Selections  from  Morte  D’Arthur Mead 

Selections  from  Poems  of  Robert  Bums  ... Dow 
Selections  from  Washington  Irving.. ..Thomas 

Servants  of  the  Stomach Maci 

Seven  British  Classics.... Swinton  and  Cathcart 

Seven  Seas Kipling 

Seward,  William  H Lothrop 

Shakespeare,  His  Mind  and  Art Dowden 

Shakespeare,  His  Life,  Art  and  Charac- 
ter, 2 vols Hudson 

Shekespeare’s  Othello Kellogg 

Shakespeare  the  Boy Rolfe 

Shakespeare,  A Life  of  William uee 

Shakespeare  Commentaries Gervinus 

Shakespeare  as  a Dramatic  Artist  ...Moulton 
Shakespeare’s  Midsummer  N ight’s  Dream 

Kellogg 

Shakespeare,  William Wendell 

Shaw’s  Choice  Specimens  of  American  Lit- 
erature, 2 vols Martin 

Shorter  History  of  the  United  States 

Johnston 

Shorter  English  Poems Morley 

Short  History  of  the  English  Colonies  in 

America Lodge 

Short  History  of  Germany,  2 vols..  . Henderson 
Short  History  of  the  English  People,  2 

cop  Green 

Short  History  of  the  Roman  People Allen 

Silas  Mamer Eliot 

Silas  Mamer Norris 

Signal  Lights Vincent 


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Social  Life  in  the  Reign  of  Queen  Anne.  .. 

Ashton 

Society  in  Rome  Under  the  Caesars.. Inge 

Some  Heretics  of  Yesterday Herrick 

Sound Mayer 

Sound  Tyndall 

Source-Book  of  American  History Hart 

Source-Book  of  English  History Kendall 

Spanish  Pioneers Lummis 

Speeches,  Addresses? and  Letters  on  In- 
f dustrialj.  and  Financial  Questions  ...Kelley 

Speeches^  of  Daniel  Webster Tefft 

Spy,  The Cooper 

Stanzas  on  thefDeath  of  Oliver  CromwellH** 

Dryden 

State,  The Wilson 

Stevens,  Thaddeus McCall 

Stories  from  Arabian  Nights 

Stories*  from  English  History Philips 

Stories  from  Herodotus Church 

Stories  from  the  Bible,  2 vols Church 

Stories  from  Virgil Church 

Stories  of  Long  Ago Kupfer 

Stories  of  Old  Greece Firth 

Stories  of  the  Old  World Church 

Stories  of  the  Wagner  Opera 

Story  of  a Bad  Boy Aldrich 

Story  of  China  and  Japan Clark 

Story  of  English  Literature White 

Story  of  German  Iliad Burt 

Story  of  the  Iliad Church 

Story  of  the  Romans Guerber 

Story  of  Ulysses Cook 

Student’s  History  of  England,  3 vols 

Gardiner 

Student’s  History  of  the  United  States.  .. 

Channing 

Studies  in  Civics McCleary 

Studies  in  English  "Literature Smith 

Studies  in  German  Literature Taylor 

Studies  in  Literature  and  Composition  ... 

Skinner 

Study  of  Words Trench 

Strange  Case  of  Dr.  Jekyll  and  Mr. 

Hyde  Stevenson 

Structural  and  Physiological  Botany... Thome 

Subject  Index  to  Universal  Prose  Fiction 

Dixon 

Sub-Tropical  Rambles Pike 

Sumner,  Charles,  Storey 

Supplemental  Dictionary Fallows 

Survey  of  Greek  Civilization Mahafty 

Synonyms  Discriminated,  2 copies  Smith 

Synopsis  of  Lepidoptera  of  North  Amer- 
ica   Morris, 

Synopsis  of  General  History Willard 

System  of  Shakespeare’s  Drama Hudson 

Tacitus  Cornelius Murphy 

Tales  from  Shakespeare Lamb 

Tales  of  Ancient  Greece Cox 

Tale  of  Two  Cities,  7 cop Dickens 

Talisman,  2 cop Scott 

Talks  on  the  Study  of  Literature Bates 

Tariff  History  of  the  United  States.... Taussig 

Teaching  of  English Chubb 

Technique  of  the  Drama Frey  tag 

Tempest  Kellogg 

Temples,  Tombs  and  Monuments  of  An- 
cient Greece  and  Rome Adams 

Tenants  of  an  Old  Farm Cook 

Ten  Boys  on  the  Road  from  Long  Ago.  .. 
Andrews 


Ten^Years^in  Washington Ames 

Tenth  Report  of  the  U.  S.  Civil  Service 

ft  Commission 

Testimony  of  the  Rocks Miller 

Text-Book  of  Botany Sachs 

Text-Book  of  Commercial  Geography.... 

Eli. Adams 

Text-Book  of  General  Astronomy Young 

Text-Book  of  Geology Dana 

Text-Book  of  Physiological  Chemistry 

Hamrrrarsten 

Theology  in  the  English  Poets Brooks 

Theory  and  History  of  Banking Dunbar 

Theory  of  Sound Blasema 

Thesaurus  of  English  Words  and  Phrases 

Roget 

Third  Annual  Report  of  the  Factory  In- 
spector of  Illinois 

Tenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Missiouri... 


State  Board  of  Agriculture 

Thirty  Years  War Gardiner 

Three  Kingdoms Ballard 

-Three  Musketeers,  2 cop Dumas 

Topical  Notes  on  American  Authors 

Tappan 

Tom  Brown  at  Rugby,  2 cop Hughes 

Tom  Brown’s  School  Days,  2 cop Hughes 


Transactions  of  Department  of  Agricul- 
ture for  1880  

Illinois,  vol.  18,  2 cop 

Transactions  of  the  Illinois  State  Horticul- 
tural Society,  7 vols 

Traveler  and  Deserted  Village Gregory 


Travels  Around  the  World Seward 

Treasure  Island,  15  cop Stevenson 

Treatise  on  Chemistry 

Roscoe  and  Schorlemmerl 

Tragedies  of  Aeschylus Buckley 

Travel  in  Central  America,  Chiapas  and 

Yucatan,  vol.  2 

Twelfth  Night Kellogg 

Twelve  English  Statesmen 

Two  Great  Retreats Grote  and  Segur 

Uncle  Tom’s  Cabin Stowe 

U.  S.  Geological  Survey  of  the  Territo- 
ries   Hadyn 

U.  S.  Geological  Survey Walcott 

Universe,  The Pouchet 

VanBuren,  Martin Shepard 

Vanity  Fair,  2 coo Thackeray 

Veto  and  Other  Messages Yates 

Victorian  Poets Stedman 

View  of  State  of  Europe  in  Middle  Ages.  .. 


Virgil  Collins 

Vision  of  Sir  Launfal Willard 

Walks  in  Rome David  McKay 

Washington,  George Irving 

Washington,  George,  2 cop Scudder 

Washington,  George Lodge 

Wealth  of  Nations Smith 

Webster.  Daniel Lodge 

Western  Civilization Cunningham 

Westward  Ho  Kingsley 

West  of  the  Rocky  Mountains Raymond 

Wild  Neighbors Ingersoll 

Wilhelm  Meister Goethe 

William  the  Conquerer Freeman 

William  the  Third Traill 

Winter’s  Tale Kellogg 

With  Frederick  the  Great Henty 

What  the  World  Believes... Hagar 


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When  Patty  went  to  College Webster 

Wolsey,  Cardinal Creighton 

Wonders  of  the  Deep Schelede  Vere 

Wonder  Book  for  Boys  and  Girls. .Hawthorne 

Woodstock  Scott 

Words  and  their  Uses White 

World  Almanac 

Works,  6 vol Addison 


Works  of  Alfred,  Lord  Tennyson,  complete 

Works Josephus 

World  in  the  Middle  Ages Koeppen 

Xerxes  the  Great,  History  of Abbott 

Yesterdays  with  Authors Fields 

Yorktown  Campaign Johnson 

Young  Folks’„Book  of  American  Explor- 
ers   , Higginson 

Young  Folks’  History  of  Germany Yonge 


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GENERAL  REPORT 


THE  ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION 

BY  M.  L.  E.,  CLASS  OP  1884. 

“Should  auld  acquaintance  be  forgot, 

And  never  brought  to  min’  ? 

Should  auld  acquaintance  be  forgot, 

And  days  o’  auld  lang  syne?” 

The  Alumni  association  of  the  Decatur  high  school  was  organized 
April  12,  1878,  at  a called  meeting  of  the  graduates  of  the  high  school. 
Mr.  T.  E.  Brown,  at  that  time  principal  of  the  school,  was  the  originator 
of  the  movement  to  form  the  association.  Ten  classes  had  already  grad- 
uated, with  a total  of  nintey-six  members.  Half  this  number  had  grad- 
uated in  the  three  years  previous  to  1878,  under  Mr.  Brown’s  adminis- 
tration, during  which  an  enthusiastic  school  spirit  had  been  aroused. 
Consequently  his  call  for  a meeting  of  the  alumni  met  with  a hearty  re- 
sponse. At  this  meeting  a constitution  was  adopted  and  officers  elected 
as  follows:  President,  R.  B.  Hostetler,  ’70;  vice  president,  Harry  Dur- 
fee,  ’75;  secretary,  Theodore  Coleman,  ’68;  treasurer,  Mary  Johnson,  ’73. 

The  officers  immediately  began  plans  for  a reunion  of  the  old  alumni 
and  a reception  of  the  new.  The  commencement  exercises  were  held 
on  the  evening  of  June  6,  at  Smith’s  opera  house,  and  the  renuion  the 
following  evening  at  Powers’  hall.  All  day  Saturday  the  alumni  were 
busy  improvising  tables  and  the  alumnae  preparing  dainties  for  the 
banquet;  for  in  those  days  the  luxury  of  a caterer  was  never 
dreamed  of.  At  8:00  o’clock  the  guests  assembled  in  the  hall 
when  the  following  program  was  given:  Address,  History  of  the 
Decatur  High  School,  E.  A.  Gastman.  Oration  R.  B.  Hostetler, 
’70.  Music — Vocal  Duet,  Misses  Bettie  Wingate,  '76,  and  Mary 
Wise,  ’76.  Essay  written  by  Miss  Cora  Johnson,  ’75,  read  by  Miss 
Lucy  Erwin,  ’75.  Poem,  Ruth  Culver,  ’73.  Music — Instrumental 
Duet — Misses  Carrie  Fearn,  ’75,  and  Lena  Henkle,  ’73.  Then  came  the 
banquet  followed  by  these  toasts:  Our  Alma  Mater,  Albert  Summers, 
’75.  The  Board  of  Education,  Dr.  W.  A.  Barnes,  president  of  the  Board 
of  Education  The  Necessity  of  Moral  Influence  in  Our  Schools,  Rev. 


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W.  H.  Prestley.  Our  Absent  Members,  letters  read  from  numerous 
absent  alumni,  Miss  Dolcid  Gates,  ’76.  Our  City  Schools,  Hon.  W.  E. 
Nelson.  Our  Teachers,  Mr.  I.  E.  Brown.  The  Press,  J.  R.  Mosser. 

This  program,  so  far  as  form  is  concerned,  is  typical  of  the  programs 
observed  at  all 'succeeding  reunions  up  to  1898.  Ever  since  1879,  com- 
mencement exercises  have  been  held  Friday  morning  and  the  alumni 
reupion  on  the  evening  of  the  same  day.  From  ’79  to  ’91  the  public  was 
invited  to  the  literary  and  musical  entertainment  which  was  given  an- 
nually at  the  opera  house  before  the  banquet.  The  programs  were  noted 
for  their  excellence,  many  of  the  orations  and  essays  being  distinguished 
by  a force  and  eloquence  still  remembered  with  pleasure  and  pride  by 
the  older  alumni.  The  following  is  a complete  list  of  the  essays  and  ora- 
tions delivered  on  these  occasions:  1879,  Address,  I.  E.  Brown;  Essay, 
You  in  Your  Small  Corner  and  I in  Mine,  Mary  Johnson,  ’73;  1880, 
Oration,  Education,  Albert  Summers,  ’75;  1881,  Essay,  Parlez 

vous  Francais?  Minnie  Parker,  ’77;  Oration, Unity  and  Social  Inequality, 
the  Strength  and  Danger  of  Nations,  V.  N.  Hostetler,  ’73;  1882,  Oration, 
Decay,  Horace  Andrews,  ’80;  1884,  Oration,  The  Student  as  a Citizen, 
Harry  Ehrman,  ’79;  1885,  Address,  Changes  of  a Quarter  of  a Century, 
E.  A.  Gastman,;  1886,  Oration,,  The  Social  Question,  Frank  Roby,  ’81; 
1887,  Essay,  After  Seven  Years,  Lillie  Chadsey,  ’80;  1888,  Oration,  Suc- 
cessful Roads,  Charles  Denton,  ’84.  The  following  short  and  simple 
annals  mark  the  progress  of  alumni  poesy:  In  1879  a poem  was  contrib- 
uted by  Ella  Usrey,  ’78;  in  1880  and  1881  by  Charles  Dennis,  ’78;  in  1882 
by  Ruth  Culver,  ’73;  in  1885*  by  Bering  Burrows,  ’80.  In  1891  the  custom 
of  holding  public  exercises  was  abandoned. 

The  reunion  of  1891  was  a notable  one  in  the  history  of  the  associ- 
ation, being  the  silver  anniversary  of  the  first  class  graduated  from  the 
high  school.  The  arrangements  for  this  celebration  were  the  most  elab- 
orate ever  made  by  the  alumni,  and  were  carried  out  with  great  successs. 
The  reunion  of  1895  was  unusual  since  it  was  held  under  the  auspices 
of  the  class  of  ’95,  Louis  T.  Rainey,  president.  There  was  no  reunion 
in  ’93,  the  only  year  since  1878  in  which  none  was  held,  Since  1879  there 
have  been  no  formal  banquets  followed  by  toasts,  but  the  reunions  have 
taken  the  character  of  informal  receptions  followed  by  dancing.  A 
pleasing  innovation  was  made  in  1900,  when  a light  comedy  was  pre- 
sented by  some  of  our  clever  amateurs.  The  program  of  1904  and  the 
two  years  following  also  included  plays  given  under  the  direction  of 
Mrs.  Albert  Gille  and  presented  on  the  stage  of  the  E.  A.  Gastman 
school.  Miss  Mary  E.  Lewis,  ’87,  and  Edward  B.  Hitchcosk,  ’01,  gained 
enviable  honors  by  their  brilliant  work  in  these  plays. 

Commencement  of  this  year  (1907)  was  a memorable  one  in  that  the 
Superintendent  E.  A.  Gastman  on  that  day  retired  from  office  after 
forty-seven  years  of  continuous  service  in  the  public  schools  of  Decatur. 


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Under  his  administration  nearly  fifteen  hundred  students  had  graduated 
from  the  high  school.  It  was  fitting,  therefore*  that  the  Alumni  in  their 
reunion  should  devote  a part  of  the  evening  to  expressing  their  appre- 
ciation of  his  faithful  and  effective  life  work  in  our  schools.  There  were 
bright  reminiscences  and  words  of  good  will,  genial  and  hearty  assurance 
of  the  almost  filial  bond  existing  between  our  veteran  leader  and  the  boys 
and  girls  who  had  gone  out  from  under  his  care  offered  by  the  president, 
J.  Bering  Burrows,  ’80;  Miss  Elizabeth  Smith,  ’07;  Mrs.  E.  J.  Strader, 
’77;  Clarence  Wait,  ’85;  Miss  Letha  Patterson,  ’02;  Chester  A.  Smith, 
’01,  and  Mrs.  D.  C.  Corley,  ’78.  Mr.  Gastman,  replying  to  the  greetings 
and  congratulations,  said  in  conclusion:  “After  being  connected  with 
the  schools  here  for  so  long,  it  is  with  much  sorrow  that  I lay  down  the 
burden  and  retire  to  private  life.  For  many  years  I have  felt  like  a father 
to  the  children,  big  and  little  , of  Decatur;  and  it  is  like  denying  my  father- 
ship  to  relinquish  the  work  into  other  hands  though  I recognize  the  fact 
that  thqy  are  most  able  hands  into  which  I relinquish  it,  abler  perhaps 
than  mine  are,  now  that  I am  an  old  man.  In  closing,  let  me  wish  you 
all  God’s  peace.”  With  these  valedictory  words  there  went  out  from 
among  us  our  oldest  and  most  honored  friend. 

For  twenty  consecutive  years,  from  1878  to  1898,  a constant  feature 
of  the  reunions  was  the  after-dinner  speeches,  graceful,  humorous,  en- 
tertaining, with  now  and  then  a touching  one  in  memory  of  an  old  class 
mate  who  had  gone  to  “the  undiscovered  country,  from  whose  bourne 
no  traveler  returns.”  No  one  who  has  had  the  privilege  of  enjoying  these 
speeches  can  help  regretting  that  they  have  been  discontinued.  Most 
of  the  credit  for /this  delightful  part  of  the  entertainments  was  due  to 
the  brilliant  and  tactful  toastmasters,  and  the  list  of  symposiarchs 
given  below  will  perhaps  serve  to  recall  to  the  reminiscent  alumnus  the 
‘'best  reunion  he  ever  attended.”  A sketch  of  the  reunions  would  not 
be  complete  without  mention  of  the  music.  Good  musicians  are  numer- 
ous among  the  alumni,  and  good  music  hasv  never  been  lacking.  J.  Ber- 
ing Burrows,  ’80,  was  the  pioneer  in  introducing  those  jolly,  rollicking 
school  songs  which  are  the  veritable  bubblings  of  the  fountain  of  youth; 
when  his  banjo  with  its  “ tinka-tinka-tinka-tinka-tinka-tink”  was  heard 
the  oldest  alumni  forgot  their  years  and  dignity  and  all  were  boys  and 
girls  together  again. 

So  much,  then,  for  the  social  and  literary  chronicles  of  the  associa- 
tion. That  there  have  been  business  problems  connected  with  its  his- 
tory, and  those  at  times  very  sober  and  knotty  ones,  the  alumni  who  have 
served  as  president  can  well  testify.  The  finances  have  frequently 
been  in  a critical  condition.  In  May,  1884,  the  association  resorted  to 
the  device  of  giving  a May  Festival,  at  which  refreshments  were  served 
by  Mr  and  MtS.  Squeers,  Maud  Muller,  Evangeline  and  many  other 
noted  ladies  and  gentlemen  from  the  world  of  fiction.  The  revenues 


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derived  from  this  source  replenished  the  empty  treasury,  and  the 
treasurer  that  year  probably  carried  a lighter  heart  and  a heavier  pocket- 
book  than  any  treasurer  before  or  since,  save  one.  The  notable  excep- 
tion came  in  1906,  when  the  treasurer,  from  the  overflowing  coffers  of 
that  year,  presented  eighty-five  dollars  to  the  high  school  piano  fund. 
Thus  far  this  is  the  only  public  benefaction  of  a material  nature  which 
can  be  recorded  in  the  annals  of  the  association. 

In  the  early  days  there  was  a constitution  by  which  the  association 
governed,  and  a set  of  records  which  the  secretary  kept;  but  these  have 
disappeared.  This  constitution  required  a meeting  to  be  called  in  April 
for  the  purpose  of  electing  officers,  but  there  was  always  difficulty  in 
securing  a quorum.  Finally,  in  1896,  the  officers  for  the  ensuing  year 
were  elected  at  the  reunion  and  this  plan,  being  far  more  satisfactory 
than  the  older  one,  has  prevailed  ever  since. 

A careful  census  of  the  alumni  shows  that  1477  students,  464  men 
and  1013  women,  have  graduated  from  the  Decatur  high  school,  With 
rare  exceptions  all  have  taken  up  their  life  work  bravely  and  are  doing 
their  work  successfully.  The  talents  which  their  alma  mater  en- 
trusted to  them  have,  for  the  most  pJart,  gained  other  talents;  and  the 
fifteeen  hundred  men  and  women  who  call  themselves  alumni  of  the  Deca- 
tur high  school,  hold  their  foster  mother  in  grateful  remembrance  for 
the  goodly  heritage  she  bestowed  upon  them. 


PRESIDENTS. 


TOASTMASTERS. 


1878  R.  B.  Hostetler,  ’70 President. 

1879  James  Moore,  ’78 President. 

1880  V.  N.  Hostetler,  ’73 President. 

1881  Horace  Andrews,  ’80...-. 7 V.  N.  Hostetler,  ’73. 

1882  Charles  A.  Ewing  ’78 V.  N.  Hostetler,  ’73. 

1883  E.  W.  Heilman,  ’79 President. 

1884  W.  J.  Hostetler,  ’77 A.  T.  Summers,  ’75. 

1885  Wilson  M.  Bering,  ’79 Dora  Walston,  ’82 

1886  Charles  Denton,  ’84 J.  Bering  Burrows,  ’80. 

1887  Harry  Bumstead,  ’86 Will  Wood,  ’84. 

1888  Luetta  Ulrich,  ’87 Ralph  Templeton,  ’85. 

1889  Hans  T.  Westerman,  ’86 V.  N.  Hostetler,  ’73. 

1890  Clarence  A.  Wait,  ’85 Mrs.  V.  N.  Hostetler,  ’77 

1891  Frank  Hamshfer,  ’90 Charles  Schroll,  ’85. 

1892  Lewis  E.  Coonradt,  ’91 James  L.  Bevans,  ’88. 

1893  No  organization 

1894  Charles  Bumstead,  ’93 Frank  L.  Evans,  ’87. 

1895  Louis  T.  Rainey,  ’95 James  L.  Bevans,  ’88. 

1896  S.  Wilbur  Corman,  ’94 Mac  Crossman,  '87. 

1897  Frank  Roby,  ’81 *. Clarence  Wait,  ’85. 


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1898. 

1899. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907 

1908. 


GENERAL  REPORT 


PRESIDENTS 

.James  L.  Bevans,  ’88 

.Frank  Evans,  ’87 

.Ben  A.  Imboden,  ’98 

.Charles  Bumstead,  ’93 

T.  B.  Jack, ’91 

Paul  Robertson,  ’00 

.John  Byrne 

J . Foster  Waltz,  ’95 

Clifford  Spies,  ’05 

J.  Bering  Burrows,  ’80 

.Chester  A.  Smith,  ’01 

OFFICERS  FOR  1908. 

President — Chester  A.  Smith,  ’01. 

First  Vice  President — Ralph  Ivens,  ’07. 

Second  Vice  President — Sue  M.  Maris,  ’99. 

Third  Vice  President — Lucien  M.  Bullard,  ’97. 
Secretary-Treasurer — Fritz  Washburn,  ’02. 


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LIST  OF  DECATUR  HIGH  SCHOOL  GRADUATES 
BY  CLASSES 

Note — Where  no  address  appears,  Decatur  is  understood. 


CLASS  OF  1867.  (Members  4) 

Emma  Hummell  (Garver)  Cerro  Gordo 

Rachel  Hummell  (Bear)  Denver,  Colo 

Alice  Roberts 

Emmaretta  Williams  (Hopkins) 

CLASS  OF  1868  (Members  5) 


Clara  Allison  (Imboden) 

Theodore  Coleman  Yellow  Pine,  Ala 

Ruth  Crissey  (Cornell)  Streator 

Fannie  Johns  (Sedgwick) 

Jennie  Newell  (Wilson)  Died 

CLASS  OF  1869  (Members  6) 


Frank  L.  Brooks 
Hattie  Fuller  (Krigbaum 
Carrie  Hubbard  (Kinney) 
Katie  Jones  (Aldrich  ) 
Emma  Reeme  (Davidson) 
Sallie  Roe  (Baird) 


Died 

Died 

New  York  City 
Monticello 
Died 


CLASS  OF  1870  (Members  8) 


Charles  M.  Barnes  Died 

Mabel  Carpenter  (Summers)  Los  Angeles,  Cal 
Truman  S.  Crissey.. 

Rachel  E.  Cook  (Albeitz) 

Carrie  Elson  (Clokey) 

Robert  B.  Hostetler  Minneapolis,  Minn 

Maggie  Sollars  (Caldwell)  Died 

John  L.  Vestal  Portland,  Ore 


In  1871  no  class  graduated  as  the  course 
was  changed  from  three  to  four  years.  • 


Class  of  1872 
Emma  Emmons  (Linsted) 
Etta  Foster  (Crawford) 
Sallie  Malone 
Ida  Moffit  (May) 

Annie  Shepherd  (Witt) 
Alice  Stamper  (Martin) 

Class  of  1873 


(Members  6) 
Died 

Dana,  Ind 
Died 
Died 
Died 
(Members  12) 


Lora  E.  Anderson  (Bohon) 
Ella  E.  Coltrin  (Smith) 
Ruth  A.  Culver  (Vestal) 
Ida  E.  Coltrin 
Laura  M.  Emerson 
Lena  Hinkle  (Walters) 
Virgil  N.  Hostetler 


Died 
Gallop,  N.  M. 

Died 

Died 

Died 


Mary  Johnson  (Brown)  Oak  Park 

Ida  T.  Jones  (Hartzel)  Denver 

Sanford  Leffingwell  San  Juacinta,  Cal 

Nellie  B.  Smith  Died 

Daro  E.  Waughop  (Severance)  Hazelton,  Kan 


CLASS  OF  1874  (Members  9) 
Mollie  Barnes  (Stanton) 

Maggie  Dennis  (Cobb) 

Mary  Halstead  (Pease)  Died 


Eva  Malone  Dana,  Ind 

Priscilla  Milbum  (Smith)  Phillipsburg,  Mont 
Annie  Smith  (Close)  Duluth,  Minn 

Abbie  Ryan 

Myrtle  Varner  (Millizen)  Sullivan 

Jennie  Young  (Pratt)  Chicago 


CLASS  OF  1875 
Grace  Adams  (Birkett) 

Lilly  Babbitt 

Nellie  Comeau  (House) 

Harry  Durfee 

Lora  Emerson  (Richardson) 
Carrie  Fearn 
Belle  Fulton 
Minta  Fulton 
Lucy  Irwin  (Harrington) 
Cora  Johnson  (Siefried) 
Tillie  Norman  (Bascom) 
Celia  Shupp  (Buchanan) 
Albert  T.  Summers 


(Members  13) 
Springfield 
Wyandot,  Kan 

Died 

Kansas  City,  Mo 

Died 
Reading,  Pa 
Denver,  Col 
Georgetown,  Col 
Louisville , Ky 
Died 


CLASS  OF  1876 


(Members  10) 


Mary  Brett  (Williams) 

Cora  M.  Bonesteel  (Hueston) 
Leona  L.  Childs,  (Stookey) 
Laura  Lindsay 
Annie  McKenzie  (Leach) 
Josie  Shea  (Baum) 

Emily  Clark  (Parker) 

Docia  Gates  (Baker) 

Bettie  Wingate  (Lindamood) 
Mary  Wise  (Burks) 

CLASS  OF  1877 


Milford,  la 
Keokuk,  la 
Harristown 
Died 


Died 

Died 


(Members  23) 


Laura  Adams  (Huff) 

Laura  E.  Aikin 
William  Barnes 
Dessie  Bowers  (Powers) 
Hattie  J.  Brown 
Maggie  R.  Cloyd 
Nellie  Dnrfee  (Jenkins) 
Annie  B.  Haskell 
Will  J.  Hostetler 
Emma  I.  Hughes  (Irwin) 
Nellie  O.  Krohn 
Lou  Martin  (Strader) 

Laura  B.  Martin 

W.  Clay  McCune 

Minnie  A.  Parker  (Hostetler) 

Annie  E.  Russell  (White) 

Sarah  Sanderson  (Wilson)  . 

Wilhelmina  Shultz 

Fannie  S.  Smith  (Gray) 

Lulu  Sollars,  (Wheelock) 
Sallie  Turner  (Craig) 

Alice  S.  Tyler 
George  A.  Wingate 


Lynn.  Mass 


Springfield 

Chicago 

Evanston 

Died 


Died 


Perry,  Ok 

Knoxville,  Tenn 
Pana 
Chicago 
St.  Paul,  Kan 
Winnipeg,  Man 
Kenney 
Des  Moines,  la 
Eldorado,  Kan 


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(Members  19) 


Died 
Sedalia,  Mo 


CLASS  OF  1878 
Heston  I.  Baldwin 
Ella  Bear 
Ella  Boyer 
Charles  A.  Ewing 
Laura  Fulton,  (Corley) 

Alida  R.  Handy  West  Bay  City,  Mich 
Gussie  Hill  Died 

James  T.  Moore 
Laura  Montgomery 

Maggie  Mosser  (Robinson)  Died 

Sarah  Bristow  Died 

Mary  Connor  (Rearich)  Eldorado,  Kan 

Charles  H.  Dennis  Chicago 

Abbie  Pratt 
Nellie  Pratt  (Tucker) 

Clara  E.  Stare 

Carrie  Spangler  (Daniels)  Died 

John  H.  Ullrich 
Ella  G.  Usrey 

CLASS  OF  1879  (Members  15) 
Meta  E.  Batteiger  (Dodson)  Spokane  Falls 

Wilson  M.  Bering 

Iola  Boyd  (Baker)  Mishawaka,  Ind 

Sallie  Brand  (Leffingwell)  San  .Juacinta,  Cal 
Lillie  Dermitt  (Anheier)  Oswego,  Kan 

Harry  Ehrman 

Edward  W.  Heilman  Portland,  Ore 

Cora  B.  King  (Roach) 

W.  H.  Knapp  Chicago 

Lizzie  E.  Lukens  Riverside 

Lizzie  A.  Murphy  Chicago 

Alverda  L.  Scott  (Foster) 

Annie  E.  Tuttle  (Phelps)  Ansonia,  Conn 

Frances  L.  Taylor  Cincinnati,  Ohio 

Minnie  S.  Brown  Died 

CLASS  OF  1880  (Members  22) 

Horace  Andrews  Norwalk,  O 

J.  Bering  Burrows 
Bertha  M.  Barnwell 
S.  Lillian  Chadsey 
Anna  Farrel  (Page) 

Henry  E.  Gipson  Chicago 

Mary  W.  Hardy  (Morehouse) 

Bertha  Hendricks  Denver 

Notie  M.  Large (Bartholomew)Portland,  Ore 
Emma  T.  Martlett  (Leavitt)  Los  Angeles 
James  H.  Martin  Minneapolis 

Beckie  A.  McRoberts  (Bradfield) 

Louise  C.  Meister  (Brohel)  Pana 

Viola  Moore  Died 

Cyrus  T.  Randolph  Chicago 

Mary  E.  Robbins  (Ryder) 

Minnie  E.  Shelley  (Rice) 

Rella  Shockley  (Hurst) 

Adele  Shellabar^er  (Hillman)  Quincy 

Jessie  Stephens  (Page)  Peoria 

Frank  Wells 

Hattie  B.  Hardy  (Johns) 

CLASS  OF  1881 
A.  V.  Andrews 
Eva  M.  Bixby 
Lillie  Brown  (Murphy) 

Nettie  M.  Hall 
James  M.  Roberts, 

Frank  C.  Roby 
Gertrude  Smith  (Herff)  San  Jose,  Cal 

Estelle  Spencer  New  York  City 

Walter  K.  Hedges  St.  Joseph.  Mo 

Mary  A.  Lukens  (Collins)  Riverside,  Cal 

Charles  R.  Murphy 


(Members  17) 
Salt  Lake  City 
Died 


Ida  M.  McCormick  (Klett) 

Ada  E.  Pratt  (Baldwin) 

Jessie  Spencer 
Angie  T.  Sweeney 

Perley  W.  Taylor  Died 

Annie  Tinkler  (Ward)  Jacksonville 

Mamie  T.  Wood  (Armstrong) 

CLASS  OF  1882 
Lulu  Bishop  (Cunningham) 

Hattie  Coleman  (Hastie) 

Minnie  A.  Dill 
Harry  T.  Hays  Minneapolis 

Harriet  Howells  California 

Eddie  Hoy  Springfield 

Lillian  Irwin  (Gingrich)  Rock  Island 

Clarence  B.  McClelland  Died 

Mary  Nebinger  (Stadelman)  Pittsburg,  Pa 

Annie  M.  Prather  (VanRiper)  St.  Louis 

Robert  R.  Rogan 
Katherine  Search 

Robert  D.  Stewart  Forsythe 

Clara  Stommell 

Jennie  Troutman  (Albert) 

Dora  Walston  (Johnson)  Chicago 

Beulah  Whitsit  Chicago 

CLASS  OF  1883  (Members  22) 

Hattie  A.  Abbott  (Brancher)  Danville 

Everett  J.  Brown 
Maria  Buckingham 

Della  Dimmitt  Jacksonville 

Lottie  E.  Eicholtz  (Aikin)  Chicago 

Blanch  Gasaway  (Matthews)  Indianapolis 

Elizabeth  Gastman  (Powell)  Seattle,  Wash 

D.  W.  Heilman  Portland,  Ore 

Annie  Henkle  (McClelland) 

Ida  Hockingberry 
Alice  M.  Imboden  (Riggs) 

Annie  Litzinberger  (Johnson) 

Laura  Mahannah 
Sherman  McClelland 

Amanda  Pickerell  (Cruthers)  Auburn  Park 
Lewis  Race 
Arthur  Race 

Christine  Sanderson  (Conover)  Maroa 

Lafayette  Shelley 

Matt  R.  Smith  Kansas  City,  Mo 

Fritz  Westerman  Lincoln 

Max  Westerman  Lincoln 


(Members  18) 
Norwalk  O 


Chicago 
Anaconda,  Mont 


CLASS  OF  1884 
Minnie  T.  Bachman  (Mueller) 
Minnie  Bigelow  (Bailey) 

Ada  Boyd  (Meckalenburg) 

Florence  Brand  (Higgins) 

Mary  Cloyd 

Charles  C.  Denton 

Clara  E.  Eyman  (Walker) 

Arthur  Flood 

Bessie  E.  Green 

Annie  Griswold 

Effie  Hanes  (Flood) 

Mellie  Housum  (Meyers) 

Ella  Litzenberger 
Annie  Litterer 
Grace  Lukens  (Bixby) 

John  Magee 

Lillie  C.  Dimmitt 

Ellen  T.  Ditzler  (Metcalf) 

Laura  Ebert  (Connard) 

Fannie  B.  Ehrman  (Marshall) 

Mary  L.  English 

Mattie  Evans  (Wiley) 


(Members  31) 


Auburn,  N.  Y. 
California 

Chicago 
Seattle,  Wash 
Chicago 


Chicago 

Clinton 
Valle  Vista.  Cal 
Chicago 

Jacksonville 


Washington 


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Margaret  McGorray  (Schlaudeman)  Calif 

Eva  Nichols  Denver 

Emma  Petsch 

William  Quinlan  Chicago 

Cora  Renshaw  (Kellar) 

Lou  Russell  (Cruze)  Knoxville,  Tenn 

Mattie  Williams  (Thompson)  Austin 

Blanch  Wilson  (Morrell)  Died 

Will  Wood 


CLASS  OF  1885 
Lilly  Abbott  (Brancher) 

Myrtle  Abbott 
Marian  Abel  (Wait) 

Mary  B.  Aikin 
Edgar  O.  Bradley 
Fred  A.  Brown 
Myra  A.  Carmany 
M.  Bess  Dillon  (Reed) 

Elmer  E.  Dresbach 

Marne  L.  Freeman  (Wilmeth) 

Maye  M.  Gannon  (Duncan) 

Eliza  L.  Hall 

Otho  R.  Hopson 

Lucy  T.  Keeler  (Hostetler) 

Alma  A.  Koehler  (Gilbert) 

Nettie  S.  Lindsay 

Fred  E.  Murphy 

Mary  Lois  Roby  (Brown) 

Charles  Schroll 

Jeanette  Sollars  (Crozier) 

Lottie  E.  Stare  (Fritz) 

Ralph  Templeton 

Augusta  Westerman  (Schroll) 

Clarence  Wait 

Mollie  Williams  (Muzzy) 

Myrtle  VanRiper  (Keough)  St. 

Eva  Caldwell  (Bradley) 

Ida  Kain  (Martin) 

CLASS  OF  1886 


(Members  28) 
Died 
Danville 


Lincoln,  Neb 
Chicago 
Died 
Idaho 


LaPlace 

Died 

Macon 

Chicago 

St.  Louis 
Chicago 

Minneapolis 

New  York 


Paul  Pk.,  Mm 

Minneapolis 
(Members  19) 


Leah  Lou  Bear,  Battle  Creek,  Mich 

Fred  K.  Bowman  Chicago 

Harry  A.  Bumstead  New  Haven,  Conn 

Jennie  Cariens  (Cray croft) 

David  J.  Cloyd  Aqua  Caliente,  Mex 

Minnie  E.  Davis  (Strader) 

Howard  Diller 

Emily  S.  Hamsher  (Ditto) 

Leo  Heilbrun 

Carrie  L.  Johnson  (Stecher)  Died 

Thomas  J.  McReynolds  The  Square,  Ky 
Virginia  N.  Odor  (Rickev)  Cleveland 

Nettie  C.  Pritchett 
Florence  Rainey  (Donnelly) 

Cripple  Creek,  Col 

Nell  Scroeder  (Dunston) 

Kate  Sherrick  (Huff) 

H.  Theodore  Westerman  St.  Louis 

Cora  Whitmer  (McNabb) 

Laura  Gertrude  Whitsit  (Page)  Chicago 


CLASS  OF  1887  (Members  32) 
Kate  G.  Aikin  (Watson)  * Clinton 

Fannie  Crossman 
Mac  Crossman 
Sophia  M.  Drobisch 

Will  L.  Dunn  Asheville,  N.  C. 

Addie  Ebert  (Mueller) 

Lizzie  Ebert  (Lytle) 

Lulu  R.  Elwood 
Frank  L.  Evans 

Eve  Hammer  (Clark)  Lafayette,  Ind 

Lillian  Haines  (Stoutenborough)  Maroa 

Alice  Hiser  (Shixner)  Waco,  Tex 


Nellie  Hubbard  (Priest) 

John  L.  Keister 
Mary  E.  Lewis 
Nora  A.  Radcliff  (Starr) 
Bertha  T.  Randall 
John  B.  Robinson 
Jonathan  Rogan 
Virginia  Smith  (Hardy) 

Belle  Steele  (Donahue) 
Edwin  L.  Stevens,  * 

Adele  Lower  (Nuneville) 

Mary  A.  Magee 

Ella  C.  McRoberts  (Kinhart) 

John  W.  Thomas 

Luetta  Ullrich  (Bumstead) 

Anna  Wentz  (Irvin) 

Alberta  B.  Whitmer  (Byrne) 
Emma  R.  Weigand 
Margaret  Williams  (Cake) 
James  A.  Winslow 


Died 

Pittsburg 


Des  Moines 
Chicago 

Athens 

New  Haven 
Palmer,  Mass 
Chicago 


Died 


Chicago 
Los  Angeles 
Havana,  Cuba 

Argenta 

Chicago 

Argenta 


Died 
Kansas  City,  Mo 
Indianapolis 


Mass 


CLASS  OF  1888  (Members  38) 
Maud  M.  Aikin 
Clifford  G.  Arthur 
Olive  M.  Bear 
William  A.  Bentley 
Allen  G.  Bevans 
James  L Bevans 
William  J.  Chenoweth 
Mary  O.  Colby  (Denison) 

Vadian  W.  Conklin 
Charles  A.  Denison 
Sheridan  W.  Ehrman 
John  W.  Eichinger 
George  F.  Fruit 
Lela  A.  Gladish 
M.  Josephine  Gasaway  (Jones) 

Clara  E.  Reeme  (Widick) 

Harry  E.  Hamsher 
Josephine  Harwood  (Conant) 

Summerville, 

Charles  T.  Hubbard 
Lizzie  I Hughes  (Winter) 

Celeste  Hoffman 

Lucinda  Johnson  (Wheeler)  Alton 

May  H.  Keethes  (Freudenberg) 

5818  24th  Ave.,  N.  W.,  Seattle,  Wash 
Harry  E.  Kizer 
William  B.  Knoble 
Elizabeth  Knieper  (Leavenworth) 

Jacksonville 

Jacob  Latham 

Robert  B.  Lytle  Died 

Florence  J.  Pitts  (Shellabarger)  Salina,  Kan 
Frank  E.  Prestley  Aqua  Caliente,  Mex 

Annie  E.  Rainey  (Stafford) 

James  Spence 
Gertrude  Shorb  (Martin) 

Silas  E.  Snyder 
Jessie  R.  Steele  (Wangelin) 

Elmer  Towl 
Jesse  Wiswell 
Victoria  Wallace  (Arthur) 

CLASS  OF  1889 
Harley  Armstrong 

587  Myrtle  St. 

Ella  Antrim, 

Millie  P.  Batchelder  (Cowen) 

Beatrice  Bowman 
Minnie  Brockway 
Nita  Clark 
Elizabeth  Colladay 
Wilbur  W.  Dawson 
Mabel  Durfee  (Powers) 


Ithaca,  N.  Y. 
Jamestown 
Belleville 
Rantoul 
Mt.  Vernon 
Onarga 
(Members  31) 

Portland,  Ore 
Died 
Warrensburg 
Died 


Chicago 


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Pittsburg 

Chicago 
St.  Louis 


Wilson  Freeman 
J.  Christie  Gannon 
Harry  E.  Haines 
Eugenia  Harris  (Beach) 

Annie  W.  Hayden  (Barnett) 

Clara  E.  Hoffman 
Frank  L.  Johnson 
Fannie  T.  Locher 
George  Lytle 

Christina  McKenzie  (Witt)  ^t.  Joseph,  Mich 
Harry  Metz 

Eva  May  Murphy  (Steams) 

Desdemona  Millikin  (Bevans)  Havana 

N.  Grace  Pemwell 

Ada  Pritchett  (Bean)  Bloomington 

Kilbum  H.  Roby 

Thaddeus  Schroeder  Died 

Wesley  W.  Shelley 
Elizabeth  Sherrick 

Julius  T.  Westerman  New  York 

Charles  M.  Wood  Maroa 

Alice  Judson  (Pringle)  Chicago 

CLASS  OF  1890  (Members  36) 

Walter  K.  Adams 
Charles  W.  Armstrong 
Mattie  Babcock  (Webb) 

Mae  C.  Brown  (Shoemaker)  Moberly,  Mo 

Emma  M.  Condell 

Grace  L.  Dills  Died 

Edwin  K.  Dinges 

Maud  Espey  Died 

Emma  V.  Falconer 

Hattie  Falconer  (Molesworth)  Guthrie,  Okla 
George  M.  Hart  St.  Louis 

Kathleen  K.  Harwood  (Mallery)  Died 

Frank  Hamsher  St.  Louis 

Grace  Hutchinson  (Waggoner)  ' 

Edgar  E.  Jack 

Dixon  H.  Kautz  Tacoma 

Jessie  W.  Lockett 

Edith  Lytle  (Smith)  Allegheny  City 

Jessie  P.  McKenzie  (Shreves) 

Little  Rock,  Ark 

Mary  J.  Matthews 

Lolo  Montgomery  (Perry)  Dallas,  Tex 

Albert  E.  Mowry  Chicago 

Herbert  E.  Nims 

Elizabteh  Park  (Beggs)  Chicago 

Fallis  Radcliff  (Miller) 

Alice  Robinson  (Pitner) 

Leona  Sanderlin  (Smallwood) 

Nellie  Schroll  (Clark)  Chicago 

Mary  B.  Simon  (Whiting) 

Mary  M.  Stultz  (S  inner) 

Asa  C.  Somerville  Decroit 

Arthur  Wait 

Will  L.  Westerman  Madison,  Wis 

Clara  A.  Weyl 

Charles  C.  Wilson  Died 

Lena  Ullrich  (Ewing)  Bloomington 

CLASS  OF  1891  (Members  33) 

Will  J.  Armstrong 
Anna  W.  Badenhausen 

Pauline  Bentley  (Adams)  Chicago 

Gretchen  Boyer  (Brant) 

Edna  M.  Bunn 
Mary  C.  Clary 
Lewis  E.  Coonradt 

Hattie  Crossman  (Gordon)  Died 

M.  Maude  Dill 

Arthur  S.  Dumont  Detroit 

Benjamin  Freeman 


Emma  F.  Harpstrite 

Effie  Harris  (Lake)  Champaign 

Thomas  B.  Jack 
Milton  Johnson,  Jr 

Jennie  Leiby  (McMullen)  S.  Minneapolis 
Elizabeth  L.  Matthews  (Bachman) 

Elizaeth  Mills  (Dawson) 

Kate  Montgomery  (Sullivan) 

Luther  Roby  Peoria 

John  C.  Shea 

Katherine  Simon  (Pennington) 

Mabel  C.  Smick  Chicago 

Bertha  Spencer  (Minor) 

Alonzo  H.  Tuttle  ' Columbus,  O 

Mary  Tuttle  (McFarland)  Died 

Cornelia  B.  Underwood 

Jesse  E.  Whitsitt  New  York 

Mabel  E.  Wilson 

Mary  M.Wood  (Forerestr) 

Margaret ville,  N.  Y. 

Wilson  B.  Woodruff 
Frances  M.  Woodruff 
Clara  N.  Hawkes 

CLASS  OF  1892  (Members  24) 

Mary  Batchelder  (Watson)  Warrensburg 

Hugh  Bone  Crowley,  La 

W.  Winn  Bramble  St.  Louis 

Donna  Buckingham  (Barnes)- 
Georgia  Clendenen  (Mildenberger) 

Stella  Cowgill  (Robinson) 

Annie  E.  Cool  (Parks)  Lake  Linden,  Mich 
Myrtle  M.  Garver  Died 

Floyd  A.  Gastman  Died 

Nettie  Haag  (McIntyre)  Butte,  Mont 

Lucy  Kretzer  (Davis) 

Myrtle  V.  Lyon  (Jenks)  Chicago 

Henrietta  Metz 
Alice  Mead 

Nellie  Michl  (Graybill) 

Elvira  E.  Mark 
John  Miller 
Kate  Quinlan 
Ira  N.  T.  Roberts 
Gertrude  Wayne  (Kemper) 

Ida  Webster  (Schultze)  College  Corner,  O 
Laura  White  Died 

Sarah  Wilson  (Mills) 

Charles  D.  Hov 

CLASS  OF  1893  (Members  29) 
Chicago 


Denver 

Died 


Chicago 


Della  Arthur  (Hedges) 

Jeanette  M.  Bills  (Heil) 

Morton  C.  Blythe  i 

Stella  A.  Brooks 
M.  Emma  Clark 
Herbert  W.  Corman 
Eva  Dills  (Wilcox) 

Sue  A.  Dimock 
Maude  Felton  (Brockton) 

Dessie  Garver  (Fickess) 

Floy  Gasaway  (Niles)  Mishawaka,  Ind 

Anna  M.  Halmbacher  (Butzbach)  Died 

Stella  E.  Hamilton  (Mallory) 

Joseph  Hartley 
Herbert  Howes 

Aldyth  Irwin  Chicago 

Mary  Lewis  (Miller) 

Jennie  Lyons  (Martin) 

Fannie  G.  Lyons 

Samuel  Magee  Kankakee 

Anna  Mead 

Clara  E.  Mitchell  (Lehman)  Oakland,  Cal 
Virginia  Peake  (Downing) 


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L.  Madeline  Roberts 
Rosa  B.  Ruckle 
Eunice  Scott  (Chandler) 

Jessie  R.  Smith  Waynes ville,  Ind 

Charles  Bumstead  Monticello 

Anna  S.  Vetterliet 

CLASS  OF  1894  (Members  49) 
Charles  Auer  Cholutera,  Honduras 

Jennie  Baldridge  (Johnson) 

Edith  B earner 

Lulu  M.  Beall  (Hansel) 

Fannie  A.  Bivans 

Byron  E.  Bramble.  Champaign 

Ella  L.  Buchert 

William  Buchanan  Nashville,  Tenn 

Fred  R.  Cassell 

Marguerite  Chandler 

Hattie  Childs 

Annie  R.  Cloyd 

Elizabeth  Condell  Chicago 

Wilbur  Corman  New  York 

Archer  T.  Davis 
Byrd  A.  Dinges 
Warren  T.  Durfee 

Fred  C.  Depew  Died 

Eva  N.  Dunham 

Georgia  Elliott  (Robinson)  Oklahoma  City 
William  Fitzpatrick 
Charlotte  Hawes  (Coonradt) 

James  F.  Hall 

Edna  Hendricks  (Hart)  St.  Louis 

Amy  A.  Hoffman  California 

Ada  M.  Hohen  (Colladay)  Atlanta,  Ga 

Pauline  Johnson  XAugustine) 

Ernest  B.  Lytle  New  Haven 

Florence  L.  Lyon  Chicago 

Ida  M.  Lewis 

Jessie  Leforgee  (McCoy)  Philadelphia 

Donnie  May  (Wheeler) 

Leonard  Mitchell  Chicago 

Jessie  A.  Montgomery 

Nellie  Pratt'  (Vance)  Kankakee 

Thomas  W.  Pitner 

Carrie  A.  Record  Died 

Max  C.  Ruehl  Chicago 

Laura  Shaffer  (Morrison) 

Sallie  Shaffer 
Fred  Schroll 
Maud  Stoy  (Klee) 

Lida  Sawyer  (Hayes) 

Rosa  Voelcker 
Mabel  A.  Wayne 

Louise  Gastman  (Goben)  Bement 

Violet  Bourne 

CLASS  OF  1895  (Members  76) 
Fannie  S.  Askins 
Clara  M.  Becker 
Bering  E.  Braden 
Maude  E.  Brooks 
Edwin  Buckmaster 
Mabel  Carson  (Lipscomb) 

Edna  Childs 
Harry  Colladay 
William  H.  Coonradt 

Jessie  R.  Darling  (Hooper)  St.  Louis 

Mary  Davis  (McBride) 

Cecil  L.  Davidson 
Marinana  Deverell 
Alvah  H.  Diehl 
Mary  L.  Dorrell  (Wilson) 

Margaret  Downing 
Mollie  M.  Drobisch 


Tillie  M.  Entler  (Tullis) 

Maud  Evans  (Stewart) 

Harriet  M.  Famer  (Barby) 

Jessie  Felton  (Britton)  LeRoy 

Caroline  E.  Foulke 
Nellie  B.  File 
George  S.  Foster 

Mary  Fitzpatrick  (Stork)  Stonington 

Ethel  Greene  (Beatty) 

James  A.  Grubbs 
Ada  Haines  (Stoner) 

E.  K.  Hampton  Mt.  Pulaski 

Clara  E.  Harkness  (Reubsamen) 

Paul  T.  Hawes 

Florence  Hatch  (Armstrong) 

Ruth  C.  Hoffman 
Louie  Grace  Hott 
Hugh  Housum 
Luther  A.  Howes 

Cora  Hutsinpiller  (Wood)  Plattsburg,  N.  Y. 
Sarah  M.  Imboden 
Cecil  M.  Jack 

Marie  Jenison  (Vaughan)  Springfield,  Mo 

Ada  M.  Johnson 

Alva  M.  Johnson 

James  D.  Johnson 

Maude  L.  Kilgore 

Lewis  Isaac  Kirby  Oreana 

Lida  C.  Martin 
Cora  O.  Martin 
Elizabeth  McNeil  (Barr) 

Harriet  B.  Martin 

Lida  Montgomery  (Stafford) 

L.  Eva  Meyers 
Nellie  G.  Moore 
Mary  E.  Moore  (Ochiltree) 

Lena  Quinlan 

Louis  T.  Rainey  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

Mary  R.  Ramsey  (Wells)  Lena 

Carrie  I.  Roberts 

Anne  Roby  (Vincent)  Ft.  Dodge,  la 

Mabel  R.  Shimer  (Cassell) 

Louise  B.  Simon 

Nonette  Stare  (Hovey)  Los  Angeles 

Pearl  Homes  Scott  Milwaukee 

Baldwin  Starr 

Amanda  Trainer  (Mann)  Washington,  D.  C. 
Harry  Turner,  Orchard  Farm,  Mo 

Robert  P.  Vail 
Jessie  M.  Wade  (Peck) 

Myrtie  Wheeler 
Ida  M.  White  (Gay) 

Guy  W.  Williams 
J.  Foster  T.  Waltz 
Irene  Wood 

Ardie  L.  Wood  (Righter) 

Bessie  I.  Young 
Marian  L.  Dills 
Nellie  Wilhelmy  (Pease) 

CLASS  OF  1896  (Members  79) 
Celia  Arthur 
Jennie  G.  Badenhausen 

Nellie  Batchelder  (Brown)  Warrensburg 

Laura  E.  Berry 
Adelia  N.  Bishop 

Mary  Bivans  (Bramble)  Champaign 
Alma  May  Brown 

Willis  Boggess  Manila,  Isle  of  Luzon 

John  A.  Brockway,  Jr 

Frederick  W.  Church  Toledo,  O 

Howard  G.  Cloyd 
Walter  E.  Colladay 
Charles  Dean  Cool 


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Philadelphia 
Durand,  Mich 


Terre  Haute 


Peoria 


St.  Louis 


Ralph  Curtis 
Norma  Dawson 
Frank  S.  Dixon 
Charles  Arthur  Dixon 
George  W.  Dunston 
Grace  Ebel 
Frank  LeRoy  Elliott 
Winnifred  Elliot  (Drennan) 

Arthur  Clarence  Erwin 
Herbert  Elroy  Fell 
Stanton  Clark  Fields 
Challis  H.  Gasaway 
Ethel  Gordon 
Edna  Graves  Griswold 
Grovnoir  Hane 
Hugh  J.  Hill 

George  Raymond  Howenstine 

Franklin  J.  Howes  Salt  Lake  City, Colo, 

Josephine  Hoy  (Lathrop) 

Maud  A.  Hughes 

Bonnie  Hutsinpiller  (Coughlin) 

Estelle  Jenkins  (Custer)  Chicago 

Laura  Jenkins  (Rigey)  Fresno,  Cal 

Carolyn  King 
James  Arthur  Keith 

John  W.  Kinney  Died 

Razella  LaMar  Chicago 

Pearl  Lane  Tuscola 

Birdie  Olive  Lanham 

Dora  K.  Longenecker 

Mabel  Lord 

Nellie  H.  Love 

Ada  E.  Magee  (Suleeba)  Kansas  City 

Florence  McBride  (Walker) 

Fanny  Merris  (Daggett)  Macon 

Fred  E.  Mann  Washington,  D.  C 

Charles  E.  Medford 

John  Alvah  Myers  Chicago 

May  Olivia  Miller 
Jeanie  Margaret  Muir 

Grace  Anna  Munson  Bolder,  Colo 

Anna  A dele  Neiman  Died 

Clara  C.  Niedermeyer 

James  Benj.  Parish  Harristown 

Arthur  B.  Pease 

Myra  E.  Plummer  Chicago 

Edgar  A.  Quinlan 
Sadie  Rixse 

Bertha  J.  Roddy  (Lampkin) 

William  J.  Rothfuss 
Ethel  Scovill  (Carpenter) 

Willis  Bion  Shirey  Lovington 

Mary  Jessie  Stevenson 

Lillian  M.  Stout  Chicago 

Mary  Tolladay  (Starr) 

Laura  Tullis  (Derrickson)  St.  Louis 

Ella  Vermillion  (Meyers) 

James  Blair  Vigus  Died 

John  J.  Voelcker 
Grace  Walker  (Yohe) 

Margaret  Alice  Wood  (Dinges) 

Arthur  Lewis  Aikin  Champaign 

Benjamin  C.  Bachrach 
Nina  Buckfnaster  (Waltz) 

Katherine  Crankshaw 
Gus  H.  Johnson 

CLASS  OF  1897  (Members  85) 

May  Allison 

Sadie  C.  Athons  (Atherton)  El  Paso 

Rose  Bachrach 

Emma  Rosalie  Bean  Macon 

Mary  Adele  Blackstone 

Josephine  Elizabeth  Bold  (Fife)  Indianapolis 


Died 


Mexico  City 


Died 

Died 


Gussie  Bone  (Johnson) 

Abner  Brintlinger 
Roy  H.  Brown 
Lucien  W.  Bullard 
Ira  W.  Clokey 
Sidney  Covington 
Ralph  Earl  Cruzan 
Frances  DeCourcey  (McDonald) 

Florence  P.  Donahoe 
Jeanette  Drake 
Alice  W.  Drobisch 
Madge  Fenton  (West) 

Eva  Myrtle  Flint  (Johnson) 

Clara  C.  French  (Dresbach)  Warrensburg 
Forrest  File 
Harry  Garver 
Ira  Garver 

H.  Allen  Gleason  Champaign 

Nora  L.  Graham 

Ina  C.  Graham  . 

Mary  Greene  (Lowe)  ' 

Mollie  E.  Grubel 

Minnie  A.  Halmbacher  (Geneess)  Died 

Benjamin  T.  Hoffman 

Lulu  B.  Hoyland 

M.  Josephine  Kerr 

Nell  Keeler  (Brown) 

William  Bertrand  Kennedy 
Lillian  King  (Doane) 

Guy  W.  Lipscomb 
G.  Hortense  Lytle  (Heiby) 

Bessie  Lutz  (In\boden) 

Eva  Rilla  Major 
Robert  U.  Maffit 

Notie  Merriweather  (Kent)  California 

Laura  A.  McNeil 

Mary  M.  Miller 

Ralph  G.  Mills 

Walter  H.  Mills 

Edith  F.  Montgomery 

Emma  Mutherbaugh  (Pitner) 

Benson  A.  Myers  New  York 

Frederick  D.  Niedermeyer 

Jessica  N.  Nichols 

Bernice  Oakes 

George  R.  Oakes 

G.  Edgar  Odor 

Myrtle  Angela  Owen 

Roy  P.  Owen 

Russell  C.  Packard  Detroit 

Clara  E.  Phillips  (Watts)  Monticello 

Alfred  Platt 
Ada  Rainey  (Wallace) 

Charles  F.  Record 
Etta  M.  Ruddock 
Bessie  Sanner  (Clark) 

Clara  Sawyer  (Foster) 

Robert  C.  Schudel 

Lida  Smetters  (Westerman)  Argenta 

Elizabeth  B.  Spalding  Chicago 

Charles  Moore  Steele  Chicago 

Marie  Steinbach 
Mary  C.  Sterrett 

Henry  C.  Stevens  Chicago 

Litta  Tobey 

Bryant  E.  Vail  Chicago 

Josephine  Wagoner  (Baird) 

Maud  B.  Wallace 

Lela  A.  Warwick  Kansas  City 

Sylvester  Wilhelmy 

Estelle  Verne  Williams  Denver 

Wayne  C.  Williams 
Cordelia  Williams  (Downing) 


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St.  Louis 
Paris 


Chicago 
(Members  55) 


Toledo 
Pasadena,  Cal 


Leavenworth,  Kan 


Chicago 


Harriet  Weimar  (Wood) 

Edna  M.  Woodford 
Winfred  N.  ConWay 
Ira  B.  Hoy 
Walter  Irwin 
Ina  Lydia  Kincaid 

CLASS  OF  1898 
Ethel  B.  Ashmore 
Lelah  Ayres  (Lipscomb) 

Sada  Beadles  (Burke) 

Alice  Be  vans  (Coolbaugh) 

Nannie  Beamer 
Jennie  Lucile  Bonebrake 
Elmer  O.  Brintlinger 
Jessica  Ellen  Carr 
John  R.  Clary 

Helen  Fayette  Conover  (Musser) 

Mary  J.  Clark 
Frank  David  Collins 
Sallie  Mabel  Coleman  (Cripe) 

Olive  May  Casner 
Rice  Ervin  DeGroat 
Lucy  J.  Durfee 
Gertrude  E.  Dillehunt 
Ruthe  Deetz  (Ward) 

Leota  DeHart 

M.  Golden  Danely  (Slaughter) 

Myrtle  Ethridge 
Daisy  M.  Fletcher 
George  N.  Gouy 
M.  Adelaide  Gaslon 
Grace  Griswold 
Edith  Adele  Hunsley 
Mary  Harry  (Marquam) 

Maud  Heminger  (Wallace) 

Benjamin  A.  Imboden 
Arthur  L.  Jeffers 
Ed  H.  Jeffers 
Elizabeth  Dills  (Mann) 

Lee  I.  Knight 
Sarah  E.  King 
Olive  O.  Kunkle 
Ida  M.  Loring 
Alvah  W.  Long 
Margaret  Landis  (Keith) 

Clyde  M.  Leach 

Noy  O.  Montgomery  (Nicholson) 

James  Montgomery 
Albert  Mann 

Jessie  Merriweather  (Pluck) 

Margaret  P.  Murrell 
Charlotte  B.  Nelson  (Jack) 

Otto  G.  Prather 
Lillian  M.  Post 

Margaret  Gertrude  Phillips  (DeLameter) 

Chicago 

Ethel  Quinlan 

M.  Edna  Stuart  (Kenney) 

Elizabeth  R.  Towl  Colorado  Springs 

Charles  Edward  Vermillion 
Jesse  L.  Wikoff 

Edith  M.  Wallace  Minneapolis 

Buck  Weems  Denver 

CLASS  OF  1899  (Members  70) 
Edwin  Adamson 
Edgar  L.  Auer 
Clara  Allison 

Minnie  A.  Brown  Died 

Louise  M.  Bold  Indianapolis 

Marie  Maud  Bailey  * 

Lee  Boland 

Ernest  Bear  ' Bearsdale 


Casner 


Paris 


St.  Louis 

Denver 

Chicago 
Crowley,  La 
Died 


Chicago 


James  Herbert  Bowdle  Bement 

Lillie  E.  Baldridge 

Roy  J.  Blackburn 

Katheryn  Amelia  Burke 

Grace  Beadles  (McHose) 

Jesse  LeRoy  Conel 
Lynn  Watson  Clark 

Ella  Cecelia  Clarkson  Died 

Della  L.  Dixon 

Edith  Christine  Carter  (Bradshaw)  Joliet 

Charles  A.  Ewing 
Bessie  M.  Etheridge 
Clyde  M.  Frazier 

Nora  Vivian  Greene  Died 

J.  Fred  Grout 

Gioga  Daghiar  Gaston  Cerro  Gordo 

Desdemona  Hamsher  (Vigus) 

Daniel  P.  Housum  Died 

Elizabeth  L.  Hawthorne  LaPlace 

Samuel  G.  Heilbrtm 
Gertrude  Anna  Hott  (Myers) 

Lura  File  (Rice)  Bloomington 

Grace  M.  Hayes 
Marie  B.  Heinz 

Mabel  A.  Knight  Crowley,  La 

Myrtle  Maud  Kell 
Catherine  E.  Fitzpatrick 

Mabel  H.  Laughlin  (Matthews)  California 
Mattie  E.  Laughlin  China 

Raymond  H.  Leonard 
Louise  Merritts 

Sue  Maris  (Woodland)  Seattle 

Cecil  G.  McCollom  Detroit,  Mich 

Mary  E.  Mills 

Zella  McAllister 

Banus  H.  Prater 

Lucy  W.  Penhallegon 

Anna  Mabel  Phillips  (Freeman) 

Marie  Powers  (Tureman)  Kansas  City,  Mo 
Mary  Ethel  Priest  Indianapolis 

Harold  Ruehl 
Grace  O.  Record  (Flint) 

Roy  W.  Sanner 
Marguerite  Stauffer 

Walter  F.  Smock  Died 

Sallie  R.  Thomas 

Susie  Tucker  (Jones)  Springfield 

Bertha  Troutman 
John  A.  Wolfer 
Maud  A.  Welfley 

Edith  Mae  Hanford  Chicago 

Maurice  Guy  Williams 

Clara  Mae  White 

Luella  Esther  Wheeler 

Bess  Nell  Young 

Sadie  L.  Skelley 

Harry  Jones 

James  H.  Durfee,  Jr. 

Irene  Sikes  (Smith) 

Leslie  Maffit  (Weimeyer) 

Edith  O.  Foster 

Ada  E.  Lindsay  t 

CLASS  OF  1900  (Members  84) 
Florence  Abel  (Coughlin)  Toledo,  O 

Edna  Alexander  (Fletcher) 

Clara  Ainsworth 
George  I.  Anthony 
Helen  Louise  Bachrach 

Volney  Barber  Harristown 

Martha  Batchelder  Warrensburg 

George  Beatty 
Nellie  Boutwell 
Nellie  E.  Bouser 


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GENERAL  REPORT 


Myrtle  Llew  Ella  Bowman  Oakley 

Earl  Braden 

Jessie  Brown  (Brintlinger) 

Bess  Burkam  Bearsdale 

Fay  W.  Burks 

Ralph  M.  Carter 

Lloyd  A.  Chenoweth 

Edith  Hazel  Catlin 

Mabel  A.  Clarkson  Died 

Lucy  Cloyd 
Delos  Cozad  - 
Daisy  J.  Coover 

Kathrina  Disbrow  (Clatterbuck) 

Randolph,  Neb 
Ethel  Drinkall  Died 

Anna  Mae  Dunnigan 
Della  Mae  Eaton 
Mabel  Agnes  Eberly 
Jessie  Irene  Fell 
Alma  E.  Foster 
George  Ena  Farmer 
Sarah  E.  Fitzpatrick 
Julia  Gasaway  (Kenney) 

Pearl  Gebhart 

Edward  A.  Grubel 

Leona  Harkrader  (Persinger) 

Harry  H,  H annum 

Bertha  Heminger  (Cobb)  St.  Louis 

Lucile  Hickisch 

Eve  M.  Hoffman  Died 

Mabel  Howenstine 

Ethel  Hoyland 

Lulu  Hughes 

Leta  Hughey 

Patricia  Maria  Hunt 

Grace  Johnson 

Florence  Jones  (Summers)  Springfield 

Kittie  Kincaid 
Frances  Kirk 

Mary  Laughlin  (Miller)  El  Paso,  111 

Corinne  Leach 
Frank  M.  Lindsay 
Mabel  Logan 
Amy  Ida  Mann 
Minerva  Merker 
Aileen  McNumey 
Mabel  Alice  Muthersbaugh 
Clarence  C.  Neiman 
Estelle  E.  Nichols 

L.  Aldridge  Nichols 
Rollin  B.  Pease 
Jessie  Penhallegon 
Celia  J.  Post 
Pansy  Blossom  Priest 
Paul  F.  Robertson 
Mabel  Claire  Scanlon 
Geneva  M.  Sikes 
Mae  M.  Smeltzer 
William  P.  Stevenson 
Jessie  Lucretia  Swette 
Marshall  C.  Stookey 
Esther  Louise  Thayer 
Helen  Florence  Stookey 
Arthur  VanGuilder 
John  L.  Waddell 
Fao  Wait 

J.  Henry  Wamecke 
Moses  A.  Watkins 
Carrie  Louise  White 

M.  Margaret  Wiefel 
L.  Irene  Wiefel 
Lucy  Lavina  Williams 
Bessie  Belle  Wilson 
Louise  Wnght 


Lelia  Pauline  Hardy 

CLASS  OF  1901  (Members  92) 
Celeste  Abel 
Goldie  Atlass 
Mae  Badenhausen 
Alice  G.  Baker 
Ralph  C.  Braddock 
Albert  N.  Beadles 

Ethel  Baldwin  (Foote)  St.  Louis 

Mae  F.  Boland 

Zella  Rice  Burks  (Waddell)  New  York 

Charlotte  Brinkmeyer 

Alda  H.  Bom 

Estelle  Esther  Bryant 

Will  Carleton  Cash 

John  Collier  Calhoun 

Roy  M.  Cope 

Austin  Flint  Collins 

Nellie  M.  Crockett 

Julia  Curran 

Ada  F.  DeHart 

June  Dempster  Died 

Frank  E.  Dietz 

Robert  Carl  Doake 

Harold  F.  Enlows 

Emma  B.  Ewing 

Josephine  Epler  (McNier) 

Freda  Jewel  Foster 
Lillian  E.  Friend 

Bertha  Edmundson  (Lovell)  Crowley,  La 
Beatrice  Elliott  (Lindsay)  Died 

Bertha  Mae  Garver  (Davidson) 

Laura  Naomie  Gouge  (Cottle) 

Neta  Hannum 
Antoinette  M.  Henry 
Chester  W.  Hathaway 
Edward  B.  Hitchcock 
Grace  Hobson 
Walter  House 
Ralph  William  Hubert 

Nena  Imboden  (Anderson)  Ravenswood 

Ella  Estelle  Johnson 

Arthur  Jones 

Louis  Jones 

Charles  W.  Keyes 

Frank  Kincaid 

Gertrude  B.  Knotts  (Flood) 

Martha  Kresin 

Myrtle  T.  McGowan  (Henry)  Denver  Col 

Norman  McCollom 

Lola  E.  Mason 

Lucius  Mitchell 

Trenna  June  Miller 

Elizabeth  G.  McKenzie 

Hattie  E.  Moore 

Harry  C.  Morgan 

Florence  J.  McNiel 

Robert  R.  Munsie 

Grace  Naftel 

Florence  Nickens 

George  T.  Owens 

Charles  Walter  Padgitt 

Fred  O.  Pahmeyer 

Roy  Cliff  ord  Parrish 

Nellie  E.  Painter 

Susie  Peters 

Grace  Pope  (Gulick) 

Bessie  Ralston 
Minnie  Redmon 
Chester  A.  Smith 
Mary  Theresa  Smith 

James  G.  -Sheen  Died 

Iva  M.  Still 


Macon 

Cisco 


Harristown 

Harristown 

Warrensburg 


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Anna  C Stout 

Mabel  E.  Stout 

Litta  M.  Sine  (Freeman) 

Augusta  R.  Scott 
Leah  M.  Seiberling 

Lloyd  J.  Sweeney  Died 

Fred  Tolladay 

Ruth  Valentine  (Johnson) 

Nellie  F.  Warren 

Frances  Effie  Wayne  (Parrish) 

Myra  Belle  Wallace  (Bowen) 

Orville  Wilhelmy 

Jennie  Fay  Wikoff  (VanHall) 

Sybil  L.  Williams 
Maud  Wilking  (Hoover) 

Emma  Wittlinger 
Edgar  Witzeman 
Jennie  Pearl  Wohlfarth 
Nellie  Lura  Wortham 
Nellie  H.  Wright 
Claud  Zimmerly 

CLASS  OF  1902  (Members  92) 
Hildred  Arthur 
Clara  Martin  Baker 
Walter  Neil  Baker 
A.  Linn  Bear 
Linetta  M.  Bear 

gobert  V.  Benton 
rville  Harry  Billington 
Charles  Black 
Myrtle  A.  Boone 
Carroll  Botts 
Lucile  Carter 
Ethel  Chambers 
Guy  M.  Chenoweth 
Grace  Childs  (Kramer) 

Ehrma  Cloyd  Streator 

Marquis  Connard 

Curtis  Connard 

Margaretta  Connaghan 

Orville  L.  Cross 

Robert  L.  Church 

Sadie  DeLashmutt 

Lela  Eyman 

Lulu  Eyman 

Henry  G.  French 

Vera  Glenn  Fenton 

Zilla  H.  Finnell 

Pearl  Fribourg 

Ernest  J.  Galbraith 

Richard  Garland 

Lee  E.  Gilbert 

Nellie  P.  Glessner 

Ada  D.  Gouge 

May  Gouy 

William  Charles  Grout 
Claude  E.  Guy  ant 
Palmer  Harry 
Ernest  L.  G.  Heyne 
Sylva  Mae  Hinton 
Jessie  Hott 
Lela  Grace  Hopkins 
Guy  W.  Hill 
Raymond  C.  Hill 
Charles  Perdival  House 
ames  B.  Howenstine 
va  M.  Hubbard 
Eda  Augusta  Jacobson 
Ollie  James 
Ethel  May  Jay 
Sidney  F.  Keeler 
Effie  Belle  Keller 
Elmer  B.  Keusink 


Alice  King  (Caldwell)  Clinton 

Elizabeth  Kirk 

Hoberta  I.  Knowlton 

Don  R.  A.  Lehman 

Jessie  F.  Litchtenberger 

Ethel  Lilyan  Lindsley 

Earl  A.  Mann 

Carrie  Metz 

Harry  Floyd  Midkiff 

Opal  C.  Miller 

Judith  B.  Mills 

Lillian  Montgomery 

Bessie  Iona  Murrell. 

Marguerite  Ethel  Oakes 
Letha  Patterson 
Daisy  V.  Payne 
Clara  E.  Phillips 
Lena  A.  Pritchett 
Ella  Pritchett 
Jessie  G.  Reed 
Claribelle  Richardson 
Ida  Angeline  Robbins 
Eugene  Clifton  Robertson 
Ralph  T.  Roney 
Bertha  M.  Rubicam 
Alice  M.  Ruddock 
Alice  May  Rupp 
Ray  G.  Sawyer 
Amelia  Screeton 
Mabel  Schutz 
Frank  H.  Stewart 
D.  Fred  Strobe] 

Grace  Lillian  Stuart 
Mabel  Thatcher 
Harry  VanGilder 
Wilkie  Logan  Waddell 
Edith  Willard 
Fritz  LeRoy  Washburn 
Leonard  E.  Wise 
Mabel  Richmond 
Edith  May  Rodgers 

CLASS  OF  1903  (Members  71) 

Stella  Allen 
Pearl  R.  Ammann 
Sidney  Louis  Bachrach 
Frank  E.  Binkley 
Edgar  Bachrach 
Orpha  B.  Bear 
Bonnie  Blackburn 
Ada  J.  Bills 

Frank  Elizabeth  Betzer  (Hammer) 

Austa  E.  Brintlinger  (Keyes) 

Mabel  C.  Brightbill 
John  Byrne 
Chispa  L.  Chappelow 
Virginia  Cloyd 
Harry  B.  Crea 
Linnie  B.  Devore 
Jennie  S.  Dashiell 
Ida  O.  Diller 
Lulalou  DeGroat 
Maud  Jeanette  Earnest 
Harold  A.  Elliott 
John  Evans 
Eugenia  Ewing 
Mabel  Fletcher 
Georgia  S.  Faith 
Clifford  J.  Gandy 
Pearl  Garrett 
Mabel  Gaddis 
Lelah  Garver 
Olive  May  Gott 
Guy  R.  Harrison 


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GENERAL  REPORT 


Myrtle  M.  Hatfield 
Irene  L.  Houck 
Pearl  Huflaker 
Blanch  O.  Head 
Elva  Inez  Hartley 
Clair  E.  Hutchin 
Constance  Ice 
Helen  A.  Jameson 
Roy  G.  Johnson 
Margaret  E.  Kelley 
Hazel  King  (Lanham) 

Sylvia  Lee  Lawrence 
Mary  Isabelle  Legg 
Jessie  Leon 
Ruth  May  Lanham 
Hallie  May  Miller 
Edna  C.  McClelland 
Georgette  Morgan 
Lillie  Maud  Nichols 
Josephine  Estelle  Nickens 
Frances  C.  Nye  Harristown 

Jessie  S.  Montgomery 

Lillian  May  Quimby  Claremont,  N.  H 

Pearl  Record 

Hallie  Rugh 

Fred  L.  Riggin 

Louis  R.  Ryan 

R.  Zink  Sanders 

Florence  Scott 

Walter  J.  Schulz 

Mabel  E.  Thom 

Katherine  Troutman 

Edith  West 

Frank  Walker 

William  A.  Witzeman 

Samuella  Young  St.  Louis 

Madge  A.  Young  St.  Louis 

Charles  Richard  Yates 
Otto  R.  Stahl 
William  M.  Stivers 

CLASS  OF  1904  (Members  48) 
Deborah  C.  Akers 
Erma  C.  Anderson 

Fred  S.  Benton  Forsythe 

Helen  Adelia  Bishop 

Irene  Lois  Chandler 

Arthur  F.  Connard 

Nellie  Connard 

Bertha  I.  Deetz 

Richard  Dillehunt 

Elizabeth  Elder  , 

Bertha  E.  Eaton 
Frances  E.  Fell 
Grace  E.  Fisher 
Walter  D.  Frey  burger 
Marian  Ruby  Fribourg 
Kendrick  Otto  Gile 
Anna  E.  Hughes 
Ruby  M.  Hughes 
Julia  Johnson 
Edna  Bernice  Johnson 

Olga  E.  Keck  (McDavid)  Cisco 

Guy  L.  Kepler 

Josephine  Kirk 

Nettie  A.  Kell 

Helen  C.  Kriegbaum 

Nellie  E.  Long 

Bert  E.  Lehman 

M.  Alberta  Montgomery 

Harry  T.  Moore 

Wiliam  Nein  Forsythe 

Esther  L.  Niedermeyer 
Jessie  Oard 
Elsa  O.  M.  Olsen 


Dorothy  A.  Pyatt 
Grace  G.  Price 
J.  Milroy  Quinlan 
Hazel  M.  Risser 
George  E.  Rixse 
Edward  W Ross 
Inez  E.  Ruckle 
Winnora  E.  Sanders 
Elsie  L.  Sawyer  (Murray) 

Louise  Stevenson 
Bessy e E.  Stewart 
Lucy  Sikking 
Arthur  VanCleve 
Dora  E.  Watson 
William  A.  Wayne 

CLASS  OF  1905  (Members  65) 
Paul  W.  Armstrong 
Goldia  Atherton 
George  H.  Auer 
Lucile  Margaret  Bragg 
Mary  E.  Bean 
E.  Fern  Boland 
Juanita  Brown 
Vere  Burtnett 
Ruby  C.  Carter 
Maud  Carter 
Lorenzo  C.  Cloyd 
May  Connard 
William  Arthur  Conel 
Helen  Fulton  Corley 
Marian  Crabb 
Alice  N.  Dempsey 
Edith  Adelaide  DeGroat 
Della  May  Field 
Ella  H.  Fluss 
Dugald  Gordon 
Mary  H.  Hostetler 
Irene  Hubbard 
Susanna  Imboden 
Edith  Irene  Jimison 
Mabel  Frances  Jones 
Frances  Leona  Jones 
Bessie  Olive  Kizer 
Leita  S.  Koons 
Cora  Irene  Leiby 
Bertha  Elizabeth  Lindsley 
Josephine  Lindsey  (Hill) 

Ethel  L.  Lichtenberger 
Carleton  F.  Mattes 
Gertrude  Anna  Mills 
Helen  Elizabeth  Mills 
Dwight  A.  Montgomery 
Marie  Morgan 
Lula  Elizabeth  Myers 
Leda  Mueller 
Clara  May  McNeil 
N.  LaRue  Neisler 
Dena  M.  Noonan 
Nellie  H.  Nolan 
Amanda  B.  Patrick 
Edgar  George  Peters 
Albert  Henry  Ross 
Myrtle  Rugh 
Lewis  William  Shade 
Harry  N.  Stadler 
Irene  E.  Staley 
Edna  N.  Strader 
Celia  Louise  Still 
Clifford  Spees 
Jeanette  Troutman 
Helena  Terry 
Helen  Turner 
Florence  J.  Tucker 
Clara  VonEnde 


Springfield 

Died 


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Leona  T.  Walker 

Savilla  Blanch  Welsh  (Munsie) 

Carl  L.  Watkins 

Clara  M.  Wise 

Howard  H.  Wise 

Mae  Belle  Wilson 

Bertha  Yaeck 

CLASS  OF  1906 
Bessie  Armstrong 
Sylvia  Mae  Armstrong 
Lillian  E.  Banning 
Ralph  H.  Bean 
Pearl  Wilda  Bigelow 
Jessie  R.  Blakeney 
Mary  L.  Bouton 
Marie  Childs 
Edith  F.  Cope 
Lucian  Cecil  Cox 
Austa  Lilis  Darden 
Corinne  B.  Elwood 
Louis  Fitzpatrick 
Paul  W.  Freeman 
Marguerite  Golze 
Earl  B.  Gordon 
Earl  Grubel 
Henrietta  Hancock 
Benjamin  F.  Harrison 
Mary  Frances  Hobson 
Everett  H.  Hodge 
Zella  Frances  Hostetler 
Caroline  S.  Lutz 
John  R.  Lyons 
Mabel  Matheny 
Caroline  Jewel  May 
Estelle  McGee 
Maud  E.  McKinney 
Mildred  H.  Montgomery 
Helen  Gertrude  Morgan 
Jean  Morris 
Florence  Louise  Oakes 
Goldie  Miller  Perry 
Clarence  O.  Radford 
Robert  W.  Ray 
Ruth  Roberts 
Flora  Emma  Ross 
William  E.  Russell 
Clarence  E.  Sinclair 
Frances  Louise  Shumate 
Audrey  Josephine  Sine 
Maurice  Stanley  Sly 
Elwin  Jeston  Smith 
Pauline  V.  Snell 
Esther  Marie  Starr 
Laura  Towne 
Edna  VanBuskirk 
James  H.  Walter 


CLASS  OF  1907 


(Members  48) 


Moweaqua 


Bedford,  Ind 


Mt.  Zion 


Moweaqua 


Harristown 


Edgar  H.  Allen 
Ruth  Averitt 
Edith  W.  Bowyer 
Leo  Roland  Brown 
Meta  Augusta  Bruce 
Ora  Gertrude  Campbell 
Mary  Carroll 
Geneva  Chenoweth 
Pansy  Marian  Cochrum 
Lewis  N.  Fisher 
Florence  Eugene  Gardner 
Roscoe  A.  Goodman 
Harry  C.  Griffin 
Caroline  Gucker 
Clarence  Hall 
Alice  P.  Henderson 
Wilfred  Holiday 
Katherine  Holmes 
Catherine  C.  Hoppe 
Martha  Florence  Hughes 
Ralph  Ivens 
Charles  A.  Kirk 
Joyce  V.  Kohler 
Katherine  M.  Kuch 
Cleo  M.  Lichtenberger 
Everett  B.  McClelland 
Edward  McNulty 
Florence  Love 
Phylis  Mueller 
Florence  Aletha  Newell 
Arthur  W.  Niedermeyer 
Harry  W.  Pahmeyer 
Notie  R.  Pasold 
Marguerite  Potter 
Blanch  Redmon 
James  R.  Redmon 
Feme  L.  R.  Reeve 
Katherine  Louise  Riley 
Stella  M.  Sanford 
Dorothy  J.  Shade 
Mary  Elizabeth  Smith 
Ira  Earl  Snyder 
Elizabeth  Ellen  Terry 
Edith  Joy  VanCleve 
Florence  VanDeventer 
Edith  VanMeter 
Jennie  Margaerite  Votaw 
Bessie  Margaret  Warren 
Alice  F.  Watkins 
Marguretha  Webber 
Lollie  C.  Westhafer 
Ethelyn  Wiley 
Luella  Witzeman 


(Members  53 


88 


GENERAL  REPORT 


ALPHABETICAL  LIST  OF  DECATUR  HIGH  SCHOOL 
GRADUATES  1868-1907 


Abbott,  Hattie  (Brancher) 1883 

Abbott,  Lillie  (Brancher) 1885 

Abbott,  Myrtle  L 1885 

Abel,  Celeste 1901 

Abel,  Florence  (Coughlin) 1900 

Abel,  Marian  (Wait) 1885 

Adams,  Grace  (Birkett) 1875 

Adams,  Laura  (Huff) 1877 

Adams,  Walter  K 1890 

Adamson,  Edwin 1899 

Aikin,  Arthur  Louis 1896 

Aikin,  Kate  G.  (Watson) 1887 

Aikin,  Laura  E 1877 

Aikin,  Mary  B 1885 

Aikin,  Maud  M 1888 

Ainsworth,  Clara 1900 

Akers,  Deborah  C 1904 

Alexander,  Edna  (Fletcher) 1900 

Allen,  Edgar  H 1907 

Allen,  Stella 1903 

Allison,  Clara 1899 

Allison,  Clara  (Imboden) 1868 

Allison,  May 1897 

Ammann,  Pearl  R 1903 

Anderson,  Erma  0 1904 

Anderson,  Lora  E (Bohon) 1873 

Andrews,  A.  V 1881 

Andrews,  Horace 1880 

Anthony,  George  1 1900 

Antrim,  Ella 1889 

Armstrong,  Bessie 1906 

Armstrong,  Charles  W 1890 

Armstrong,  Harley 1889 

Armstrong,  Paul  W 1905 

Armstrong,  Will  J 1891 

Armstrong,  Sylvia  Mae ?...1906 

Arthur,  Celia 1896 

Arthur,  Clifford  G 1888 

Arthur,  Della  (Hedges) 1893 

Arthur,  Hildred  V 1902 

Ashmore,  Ethel  B 1898 

Askins,  Fannie  S 1895 

Atherton,  Goldia 1905 

Athons,  Sadie  C.  (Atherton) 1897 

Atlass,  Goldie 1901 

Auer,  Charles  M 1894 

Auer,  Edgar  L 1899 

Auer,  George  H 1905 

Averitt,  Ruth 1907 

Ayres,  Lelah  (Lipscomb) 1898 

Babbitt,  Lillie 1875 

Babcock,  Mattie  (Webb) 1890 

Bachman,  Minnie  T.  (Mueller) 1884 

Bachrach,  Benjamin  C 1896 

Bachrach,  Edgar 1903 

Bachrach,  Helen  Louise 1900 

Bachrach,  Rose  (Smith) 1897 

Bachrach,  Sidney 1903 

Badenhausen,  Anna  W .>....1891 

Badenhausen,  Jennie  G 1896 


Badenhausen,  Mae 1901 

Bailey,  Marie  Maud 1899 

Baker,  Alice  G 1901 

Baker,  Clara  Martin 1902 

Baker,  Walter  Neil 1902 

Baldridge,  Jennie  W.  (Johnson) .1894 

Baldridge,  Lillie  E 1899 

Baldwin,  Ethel  (Foote) 1901 

Baldwin,  Heston  1 1878 

Banning,  Lillian  E 1906 

Barber,  Volney 1900 

Barnes,  Charles 1870 

Barnes,  Mollie  (Stanton) 1874 

Barnes,  William 1877 

Barnwell,  Bertha  M 1880 

Batchelder,  Martha  C 1900 

Batchelder,  Mary  L.  (Watson) 1892 

Batchelder,  Millie  P.  (Cowen) 1889 

Batchelder,  Nellie  (Brown) 1896 

Batteiger,  Meta  E.  (Dodson) 1879 

Beadles,  Albert  N 1901 

Beadles,  Grace  (McHose) 1899 

Beadles,  Sada  (Burke) 1898 

Beall,  Lulu  M.  (Hansell) 1894 

Beamer,  Edith 1894 

Beamer,  Nannie 1898 

Bean,  Emma  Rosalie 1897 

Bean,  Mary  E 1905 

Bean,  Ralph  H 1906 

Bear,  A.  Linn 1902 

Bear,  Ella 1878 

Bear,  Ernest 1899 

Bear,  Leah  Lou 1886 

Bear,  Linnetta  M 1902 

Bear,  Olive  M 1902 

Bear,  Orpha  B 1888 

Beatty,  George 1900 

Becker,  Clara  M 1895 

Bentley,  Pauline  (Adams) 1891 

Bentley,  William  A 1888 

Benton,  Fred  S 1904 

Benton,  Robert  V - 1902 

Bering,  Wilson  M 1879 

Berry,  Laura  E 1896 

Betzer,  Frank  Elizabeth  (Hammer) 1903 

Bevans,  Alice  J.  (Coolbaugh) 1898 

Bevans,  Allen  G 1888 

Bevans,  James  L 1888 

Bigelow,  Minnie  (Bailey) 1884 

Bigelow,  Pearl  Wilda 1906 

Billington,  Orville  Harry 1902 

Bills,  Ada  J 1903 

Bills,  Jeanette  M 1893 

Binkley,  Frank  E 1903 

Bishop,  Adelia  N 1896 

Bishop,  Helen  Adelia 1904 

Bishop,  Lulu  (Cunningham) 1882 

Bivans,  Fannie  A 1894 

Bivans,  Mary  B(Bramble) 1896 

Bixby,  Eva  M 1881 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 


89 


Black,  Charles 1902 

Blackburn,  Bonnie 1903 

Blackburn,  Roy  Jabez 1899 

Blackstone,  Mary  Adele 1897 

Blakeney,  Jessie  R 1906 

Blythe,  Morton  C 1893 

Boggess,  Willis  W 1896 

Boland,  E.  Fern 1905 

Boland,  Lee 1899 

Boland,  Mae  F 1901 

Bold,  Elizabeth  Josephine  (Fife) 1897 

Bold,  Louise  M 1899 

Bone,  Gussie  (Johnson) 1897 

Bone,  Hugh 1892 

Bonebrake,  Jennie  Lucile 1898 

Bonesteel,  Cora  M.  (Hueston) 1876 

Boone,  Myrtle  A 1902 

Bom,  Aldah  H 1901 

Botts,  Carroll 1902 

Bourne,  Violet 1894 

Bouser,  Nellie  E 1900 

Bouton,  Mary  L 1906 

Boutwell,  Nellie 1900 

Bowdle,  James  Herbert 1899 

Bowers,  Dessie  (Powers) 1877 

Bowman,  Beatrice 1889 

Bowman,  Fred  K 1886 

Bowman,  Myrtle  Llew-Ella 1900 

Bowyer,  Edith  W 1907 

Boyd,  Ada  (Meckalenburg) 1884 

Boyer,  Ella 1878 

Boyer,  Gretchen  I.  (Brant) 1891 

Boyd,  Iola  (Baker) 1879 

Braddock,  Ralph  C 1901 

Braden,  Bering  E 1895 

Braden,  Carl  Edison 1900 

Bragg,  Lucile  Margaret 1905 

Bradley,  Edgar  0 1885 

Bramble,  Byron  E 1894 

Bramble,  W.  Winn 1892 

Brand,  Florence  (Higgins) 1884 

Brand,  Sallie  (Leffingwell) 1879 

Brett,  Mary  (Williams) 1876 

Brightbill,  Mabel  C 1903 

Brinkmeyer,  Charlotte 1901 

Brintlinger,  Abner 1897 

Brintlinger,  Austa  E.  (Keyes) 1903 

Brintlinger,  Elmer  0 1898 

Bristow,  Sarah 1878 

Brockway,  John  A.,  Jr 1896 

Brockway,  Minnie 1889 

Brooks,  Frank  L 1869 

Brooks,  Maude  E 1895 

Brooks,  Stella  A ,..1893 

Brown,  Alma  May 1896 

Brown,  Everett.  J 1883 

Brown,  Fred  A 1885 

Brown,  Hattie  J 1877 

Brown,  Jessie  (Brintlinger) 1900 

Brown,  Juanita 1905 

Brown,  Leo  Roland 1907 

Brown,  Lillie  (Murphy) 1881 

Brown,  Mae  C.  (Shoemaker) 1890 

Brown,  Minnie  A 1899 

Brown,  Minnie  S 1879 

Brown,  Roy  H 1897 

Bruce,  Meta  Angusta 1907 

Bryant,  Estelle  Esther 1901 

Buchanan,  William 1894 

Buchert,  Ella  1894 

Buckingham,  Donna  (Barnes) 1892 

Buckingham,  Maria 1883 

Buckmaster,  Edwin 1895 

Buckmaster,  Nina  (Waltz) 1896 


Bullard,  Lucian  W 1897 

Bumstead,  Charles  M 1893 

Bumstead,  Harry  A 1886 

Bunn,  Edna  M 1891 

Burkam,  Bessie 1900 

Burke,  Katheryn  Amelia 1899 

Burks,  Fay  W 1900 

Burks,  Zella  Alice  (Waddell) 1901 

Burrows,  J.  Bering 1880 

Burtnett,  Vere 1905 

Byrne,  John 1903 

Caldwell,  Eva  E (Bradley) 1885 

Calhoun,  John  C 1901 

Campbell,  Ara  Gertrude 1907 

Cariens,  Jennie  E.  (Craycroft) 1886 

Carl,  Ruby  C 1905 

Carmany,  Myra  A 1885 

Carpenter,  Mabel  (Summers) 1870 

Carr,  Jessica  Ellen 1898 

Carroll,  Mary 1907 

Carson,  Mabel  (Lipscomb) 1895 

Carter,  Edith  C.  (Bradshaw) 1899 

Carter,  Lucile 1902 

Carter,  Maude 1905 

Carter,  Ralph  Merle 1900 

Cash,  Will  Carleton 1901 

Casner,  Olive  May 1898* 

Cassell,  Fred 1894 

Catlin,  Edith  Hazel 1900 

Chaosey,  Lillie  S 1880 

Chambers,  Ethel 1902 

Chandler  Irene  Lois 1904 

Chandler,  Marguerite 1894 

Chappelow,  Chispa  L 1903 

Chenoweth,  Geneva 1907 

Chenoweth,  Guy  M 1902 

Chenoweth,  Lloyd 1900 

Chenoweth,  William  J 1888 

Childs,  Edna 1895 

Childs,  Grace 1902 

Childs,  Hattie 1894 

Childs,  Leona  L.  (Stookey) 1876 

Childs,  Marie 1906 

Church,  Frederick  W 1896 

Church,  Robert  L 1902 

Clark,  Emily  (Parker) 1876 

Clark,  M.  Emma 1893 

Clark,  Mary  J 1898 

Clark,  Nita 1889 

Clark,  Lynn  Watson 1899 

Clarkson,  Ella  C 1899 

Clarkson,  Mabel  A 1900 

Clary,  John  R 1898 

Clary,  Mary  C 1891 

Clendenen,  Georgia  I.  (Mildenberger) 1892 

Clokey,  Ira  W 1897 

Cloyd,  Annie  R 1894 

Cloyd,  David  J 1886 

Cloyd,  Ehrma 1902 

Cloyd,  Howard  G : 1896 

Cloyd,  Lorenzo  C 1905 

Cloyd,  Lucy  C 1900 

Cloyd,  Maggie  R 1877 

Cloyd,  Mary 1884 

Cloyd,  Virginia 1903 

Cochrum,  Pansy  Marian 1907 

Colby,  Mary  O.  (Dennison) 1888 

Coleman,  Hattie  (Hastie) 1882 

Coleman,  Sallie  Mabel  (Cripe) 1898 

Coleman,  Theodore 1868 

Colladay , Elizabeth 1889 

Colladay,  Harry  J.  D 1895 

Colladay,  Walter  Earle 1896 

Collins,  Austin  Flint 1901 


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GENERAL  REPORT 


Collins,  Frank  David 1898 

Coltrin,  Ella  E.. (Smith) 1873 

Coltrin,  Ida  E 1873 

Condell,  Elizabeth 1894 

Condell,  Emma 1890 

Conell,  Jesse  LeRoy 1899 

Conell,  William  Arthur 1905 

Conklin,  Ralph  O 1894 

Conklin,  W.  Vadian 1888 

Connaghan,  Margaretta  E 1902 

Connard,  Arthur  F 1904 

Connard,  Curtis 1902 

Connard,  May 1905 

Connard,  Marquis 1902 

Connard,  Nellie 1904 

Connor,  Mary  (Rearick) 1878 

Conover,  Helen  Fayette  (Musser) 1898 

Conway,  Winifred  N 1898 

Cook,  Rachel  E.  (Albeitz) 1870 

Cool,  Annie  E.  (Parks) 1892 

Cool,  Charles  Dean 1896 

Coonradt,  Lewis  E 1891 

Coonradt,  William  H 1895 

Coover,  Daisy  Jennie 1900 

Cope,  Edith  F 1906 

Cope,  Roy  M 1901 

Corley,  Helen  F 1905 

1 Corman,  Herbert  W 1893 

Corman,  Wilbur 1894 

Comeau,  Nellie  (House) 1875 

Covington,  Sidney 1897 

Cowgill,  Stella  (Robinson) 1892 

Cox,  Lucian  Cecil 1906 

Cozad,  Delos 1900 

Crabb,  Marian 1905 

Crankshaw,  Katherine 1896 

Crea,  Harry  B 1903 

Crissey,  Ruth  (Cornell) 1868 

Crissey,  Truman  S 1870 

Crockett,  Nellie  M 1901 

Cross,  Orville  L 1902 

Crossman,  Fannie 1887 

Crossman,  Hattie  (Gordon) 1891 

Crossman,  Mac  E 1887 

Curzon,  Ralph  Earl 1897 

Culver,  Ruth  A.  (Vestal) 1873 

Curran,  Julia 1901 

Curtis,  Ralph 1896 

Danely,  M.  Golden  (Slaughter) 1898 

Darden,  Austa  Lillis 1906 

Darling,  Jessie  R.  (Hooper) 1895 

Dashiell,  Jennie  S 1903 

Davidson,  Cecil  L 1895 

Davis,  Archer  T 1894 

Davis,  Mary  (McBride) 1895 

Davis,  Minnie  E (Strader) 1886 

Dawson,  Norma 1896 

Dawson,  Wilbur  W 1889 

DeCourcey,  Frances  (McDonald) 1897 

Deetz,  Bertha  1 1904 

Deetz,  Ruthe  (Ward) 1898 

DeGroat,  Edith  Adelaide 1905 

DeGroat,  Lulalou 1903 

DeGroat,  Rice  Erwin 1898 

DeHart,  Ada  F 1901 

DeHart,  Leota 1898 

DeLashmutt,  Sadie 1902 

Dempsey,  Alice  N 1905 

Dempter,  June 1901 

Denison,  Charles  A 1888 

Dennis,  Charles  H 1878 

Dennis,  Maggie  (Cobb) 1874 

Denton,  Charles  C 1884 

Depew,  Fred  C 1894 


Dermit,  Lillie  (Anheier) 1879 

Devore,  Linnie  B 1903 

Deverell,  Mariana 1895 

Diehl,  Alvah  H ‘ 1895 

Dietz,  Frank  E 1901 

Dill,  Minnie  A 1882 

Dill,  Maude  M 1891 

Diller,  Howard 1886 

Dillehunt,  Eva  Gertrude 1898 

Dillehunt,  Richard 1904 

Diller,  Ida  0 1903 

Dillon,  M.  Bess  (Reed) 1885 

Dills,  Elizabeth  (Mann) 1898 

Dills,  Eva  I (Wilcox) 1893 

Dills,  Grace  L 1890 

Dills,  Marian  L 1895 

Dimmitt,  Della 1883 

Dimmitt,  Lizzie  C 1884 

Dimock,  Sue  A 1893 

Dinges,  Byrd  Adele 1894 

Dinges,  Edwin  K 1890 

Disbrow,  Kathrina  (Clatterbuck) 1900 

Ditzler,  Ellen  T.  (Metcalf) 1884 

Dixon,  Charles  Arthur •. 1896 

Dixon,  Della  L 1899 

Dixon,  Frank  S 1896 

Doake,  Carl  Robert 1901 

Donahoe,  Florence  P 1897 

Dorrell,  Mary  L.  (Wilson) 1895 

Browning,  Margaret 1895 

Drake,  Jeanette, 1897 

Dresbach,  Elmer  E 1885 

Drinkall,  Ethel 1900 

Drobisch,  Alice  W 1897 

Drobisch,  Mollie  M 1895 

Drobisch,  Sophia  M 1887 

Dumont,  Arthur  S 1891 

Dunham,  Eva  N 1894 

Dunn,  Will  L 1887 

Dunnigan,  Anna  Mae 1900 

Dunston,  George  W 1896 

Durfee,  Harry 1875 

Durfee,  James  H.,  Jr 1899 

Durfee,  Lucy  J 1898 

Durfee,  M^bel  (Powers) 1889 

Durfee,  Nellie,  (Jenkins) 1877 

Durfee,  Warren  T 1894 

Earnest,  Maud  Jeanette  (Hutton)  .., 1903 

Eaton,  Bertha  E 1904 

Eaton,  Della  Mae 1900 

Ebel,  Grace 1896 

Eberly,  Mabel  Agnes 1900 

Ebert,  Addie  V.  (Mueller) 1887 

Ebert,  Elizabeth  (Lytle) 1887 

Ebert,  Laura  (Connard) 1884 

Edmundson,  Bertha  (Lovell) 1901 

Ehrman,  Fannie  B.  (Marshall) 1884 

Ehrman,  Harry 1879 

Ehrman,  Sheridan,  W 1888 

Eichinger,  John  W 1888 

Eicholtz,  Lottie  E.  (Adkins) 1883 

Elder,  Elizabeth 1904 

Elliot,  Beatrice 1901 

Elliott,  Frank  LeRoy 1896 

Elliott,  Georgia 1894 

Elliott,  Harold  A 1903 

Elliot,  Winnifred  (Drennan) 1896 

Elson,  Carrie  (Clokey) 1870 

Elwood,  Corinne  B 1906 

Elwood,  Lula  R 1887 

Emerson,  Laura  M 1873 

Emerson,  Leora  (Richardson) 1875 

Emmons,  Emma  (Linsted) 1872 

English,  Mary  L 1884 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 


91 


Enlows,  Harold  F 1901 

Entler,  Tillie  May  (Tullis) 1895 

Epler,  Josephine  (McNier) 1901 

Erwin,  Arthur  Clarence 1896 

Espey,  Maud 1890 

Etheridge,  Bessie  M 1899 

Ethridge,  Myrtle 1898 

Evans,  Frank  L 1887 

Evans,  John 1903 

Evans,  Mattie  H.  (Wiley) 1884 

Evans,  Maud  (Stewart) 1895 

Ewing,  Charles  A 1878 

Ewing,  Charles  A 1899 

Ewing,  Emma  B 1901 

Ewing,  Eugenia 1903 

Eyman,  Clara  E (Walker) 1884 

Eyman,  Lela...: 1902 

Eyman,  Lulu 1902 

Faith,  Georgia  S 1903 

Falconer,  Emma  V 1890 

Falconer,  Hattie  J (Molesworth) 1890 

Famer,  George  Ena 1900 

Famer,  Hattie  M.  (Barby) 1895 

Farrell,  Anna  (Page) 1880 

Feam,  Carrie 1875 

Fell,  Frances  E 1904 

Fell,  Herbert  Elroy 1896 

Fell,  Jesse  Irene 1900' 

Felton,  Jessie  (Britton) 1895 

Felton,  Maude  (Brocton) 1893 

Fenton,  Madge  (West) 1897 

Fenton,  Vera  Glenn 1902 

Field,  Della  May 1905 

Fields,  Stanton  Clark 1896 

File,  Forrest 1897 

File,  Lura  (Rice) 1899 

File,  Nellie  B 1895 

Finnell,  Zella  H 1902 

Fisher,  Grace  E 1904 

Fisher,  Lewis  N 1907 

Fitzpatrick,  Catherine  E 1899 

Fitzpatrick,  Lewis 1906 

Fitzpatrick,  Mary  (Stork) 1895 

Fitzpatrick,  Sarah  E 1900 

Fitzpatrick,  William 1894 

Fletcher,  Daisy 1898 

Fletcher,  Mabel 1903 

Flint,  Eva  Myrtle  (Johnson) 1897 

Flood,  Arthur 1884 

Fluss,  Ella  H 1905 

Foster,  Alma  E 1900 

Foulke,  Caroline  E 1895 

Foster,  Edith  0 1899 

Foster,  Etta  (Crawford) 1872 

Foster,  Freda  Jewel 1901 

Foster,  George  S 1895 

Frazier,  Clyde  M 1899 

Freeman,  Marne  L.  (Wilmeth) 1885 

Freeman,  Benjamin 1891 

Freeman,  Paul 1906 

Freeman,  Wilson 1889 

French,  Clara  Chesley  (Dresbach) 1897 

French,  Henry  G 1902 

Frey  burger,  Walter  D 1904 

Fribourg,  Marian  Ruby 1904 

Fribourg,  Pearl 1902 

Friend,  Lillian  E 1901 

Fruit,  George  F 1888 

Fuller,  Hattie  (Krigbaum) 1869 

Fulton,  Belle 1875 

Fulton,  Laura  (Corley) 1878 

Fulton,  Minta 1875 

Gaddis,  Mabel 1903 

Galbraith,  Ernest  J 1902 


Gandy,  Clifford  J 1903 

Gannon,  J.  Christie 1889 

Gannon,  Maye  M.  (Duncan) 1885 

Gardner,  Eugene  Florence 1907 

Garland,  Richard 1902 

Garrett,  Pearl 1903 

Garver,  Bertha  Mae  (Davidson) 1901 

Garver,  Dessie  A.  (Fickess) 1893 

Garver,  Harry 1897 

Garver,  Ira 1897 

Garver,  Myrtle  M 1892 

Garver,  Lelah 1903 

Gasaway,  Blanche  (Matthews) 1883 

Gasaway,  Challis  H 1896 

Gasaway,  Floy  R.  (Niles) 1893 

Gasaway,  Julia  V.  (Kenney) 1900 

Gasaway,  M.  Josephine  (Jones) 1888 

Gastman,  Elizabeth  (Powell) : 1883 

Gastman,  Floyd  A 1892 

Gastman,  Louise  A.  (Goben) 1894 

Gaston,  Gioga  Dagmar 1899 

Gaston,  M.  Adelaide 1898 

Gates,  Docia  (Baker) 1876 

Gebhart,  Pearl 1900 

Gilbert,  Lee  E ..1902 

Gile,  Kendrick  Otto 1904 

Gipson,  Henry  E 1880 

Gladish,  Lela  A 1888 

Gleason,  H.  Allen 1897 

Glessner,  Nellie  P 1902 

Golze,  Marguerite 1906 

Goodman,  Roscoe  A 1907 

Gordon,  Dugald 1905 

Gordon,  Earl  B 1906 

Gordon,  Ethel 1896 

Gott,  Olive  May 1903 

Gouge,  Ada  D 1902 

Gouge,  Laura  Naomi  (Cottle) 1901 

Gouy,  George  N 1898 

Gouy,  May 1902 

Graham,  Ina  C 1897 

Graham,  Nora  L 1897 

Green,  Bessie  E 1884 

Green,  Mary  Willis  (Lowe) 1897 

Green,  Nora  Vivian 1899 

Green,  Ethel  (Beatty) 1895 

Griffin,  Harry  C 1907 

Griswold,  Annie 1884 

Griswold,  Edna  Graves 1896 

Griswold,  Grace 1898 

Grout,  J.  Fred 1899 

Grout,  William  Charles 1902 

Grubbs,  James  A 1895 

Grubel,  Earl 1906 

Grubel,  Edward  A 1900 

Grubel,  Mollie 1897 

Gucker,  Caroline 1907 

Guyant,  Claude  E 1902 

Haag,  Nettie  (Mclntire) 1892 

Haines,  Ada  (Stoner) 1893 

Haines,  Harry  E 1889 

Haines,  Efffe  (Stoutenborough) ,...1887 

Hall,  Clarence 1907 

Hall,  Eliza  L 1885 

Hall,  James  F 1894 

Hall,  Nettie  M 1881 

Halmbacher,  Alma  M.  (Butzbach) 1893 

Halmbacher,  Minnie  A.  (Geneess) 1897 

Halstead,  Mary  (Pease) 1874 

Hamilton,  Stella  E.  (Mallory) 1893 

Hammer,  Eve  M.  (Clark) 1887 

Hampton,  E.  K 1895 

Hamsher,  Desdemona  (Vigus) 1899 

Hamsher,  Emily  (Ditto) 1886 


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Hamsher,  Frank  K 1890 

Hamsher,  Harry  E 1888 

Hancock,  Henrietta  L 1906 

Handy,  Alida  R 1878 

Hane,  Grovnoir 1896 

Hanford,  Edith  Mae 1899 

Hannum,  Harry  H 1900 

Hannum,  Neta 1901 

Hanes,  Effie  (Flood) 1884 

Hardy,  Hattie  B.  (Johns) 1880 

Hardy,  Lelia  Pauline 1900 

Hardy,  Mary  W (Morehouse) 1880 

Harkness,  Clara  E.  (Ruebsamen) 1895 

Harkrader,  Leona  (Perslnger) 1900 

Harpstrite,  Emma  F 1891 

Harris,  Effie  (Lake) 1891 

Harris,  Eugenia  (Beach) 1889 

Harrison,  Benjamin  F 1906 

Harrison,  Guy  Renshaw 1903 

Harry  G.  Palmer 1902 

Harry,  Mary  (Marquam) 1898 

Hart,  George  M 1890 

Hartley,  Elva  Inez 1903 

Hartley,  Joseph 1893 

Harwood,  Josephine  R.  (Conant) 1888 

Harwood,  Kathleen  K.  (Mallery) 1890 

Haskell,  Annie  B 1877 

Hatch,  Florence  (Armstrong) 1895 

Hatfield,  Myrtle  May 1903 

Hathaway,  Chester  W 1901 

Hawes,  Charlotte  (Coonradt) 1894 

Hawes,  Paul  T 1895 

Hawkes,  Clara  N 1891 

Hawthorne,  Elizabeth  L 1899 

Hayden,  Annie  W.  (Barnett) 1889 

Hayes,  Grace  M 1899 

Hays,  Harry  T 1882 

Head,  Blanche  0 1903 

Hedges,  Walton  K 1881 

Heilbrun,  Leo 1886 

Heilbrun,  Samuel  G 1899 

Heilman,  D.  William, 1883 

Heilman,  Edward 1879 

Heinz,  Bertha  Marie : 1899 

Heminger,  Bertha  (Cobb) .'..1900 

Heminger,  Maud  (Wallace) 1898 

Henderson,  Alice  P 1907 

Hendricks,  Bertha 1880 

Hendricks,  Edna  (Hart) 1894 

Henkle,  Annie  (McClelland) 1883 

Henry,  Antoinette  M 1901 

Heyne,  Ernest  L.  G 1902 

Hickisch,  Lucile 1900 

Hill,  Gussie 1878 

Hill,  Guy  W 1902 

Hill,  Hugh  J 1896 

Hill,  Raymond  C 1902 

Hinkle,  Lena  (Walters) 1873 

Hinton,  Sylva  Mae 1902 

Hiser,  Alice  (Shimer) 1887 

Hitchcock,  Edward  B 1901 

Hobson,  Grace 1901 

Hobson,  Mary  Frances 1906 

Hockingberry,  Ida 1883 

Hodge,  Everett  H 1906 

Hoffman,  Amy  A 1894 

Hoffman,  Benjamin  T 1897 

Hoffman,  Celeste 1888 

Hoffman,  Clara  E 1889 

Hoffman,  Eve  M 1900 

Hoffman,  Ruth  C 1895 

Hohen,  Ada  M.  (Colladay) 1894 

Holiday,  Wilfred 1907 

Holmes,  Katherine 1907 


Hopkins,  Lela  Grace s 1902 

Hoppe,  Catherine  C 1907 

Hopson,  Otho  R 1885 

Hostetler  Mary  H 1905 

Hostetler,  Robert  B 1870 

Hostetler,  Virgil  N 1873 

Hostetler,  William  J 1877 

Hostetler,  Zella  Frances 1906 

Hott,  Gertrude  Anna 1899 

Hott,  Jessie 1902 

Hott,  Louie  Grace  (Myers) 1895 

Houck,  Irene  L v 1903 

House,  Charles  Percival 1902 

House,  Edmund  Walter 1901 

Housum,  Ddniel  P 1899 

Housum,  Hugh 1895 

Housum,  Mellie  (Myers) 1884 

Howell,  Harriet 1882 

Howenstine,  George  Raymond 1896 

Howenstine,  James  B 1902 

Howenstine,  Mabel 1900 

Howes,  Franklin  J 1896 

Howes,  Herbert  S 1893 

Howes,  Luther  A 1895 

Hoy,  Charles  D 1892 

Hoy,  Eddie 1882 

Hoy,  Josephine  (Lathrop) 1896 

Hoyland,  Ethel 1900 

Hoyland,  Lulu  B 1897 

Hubbard,  Carrie  (Kinney) *. 1869 

Hubbard,  Charles  T 1888 

Hubbard,  Irene 1905 

Hubbard,  Iva  M 1902 

Hubbard,  Nellie  E (Priest) 1887 

Hubert,  Ralph  William 1901 

Huffaker,  Pearl 1903 

Hughes,  Anna  E 1904 

Hughes,  Emma  I.  (Irwin) 1877 

Hughes,  Lulu 1900 

Hughes,  Lizzie  I.  (Winters) 1888 

Hughes,  Martha  Florence 1907 

Hughes,  Maud  A 1896 

Hughes,  Ruby  M 1904 

Hughey,  Leta 1900 

Hummel,  Emma  (Garver) 1867 

Hummel,  Rachel  (Bear) 1867 

Hunsley,  Edith  A dele 1898 

Hunt,  Particia  Maria 1900 

Hutchin,  Claire  E 1903 

Hutchinson,  Grace  (Waggoner) 1890 

Hutsinpiller,  Bonnie  (Coughlin) 1896 

Hutsinpiller,  Cora  (Wood) 1895 

Ice,  Constance 1903 

Imboden,  Alice  M (Riggs) 1883 

Imboden,  Benjamin  A 1898 

Imboden,  Nena  (Anderson) 1901 

Imboden,  Sarah  M 1895 

Imboden,  Susannne 1905 

Irwin,  Aldyth 1893 

Irwin,  Lillian  (Gingrich) 1882 

Irwin,  Lucy  (Harrington) 1875 

Irwin,  Walter 1897 

Ivens,  Ralph 1907 

Jack,  Cecil  M 1895 

Jack,  Edgar  E 1890 

Jack,  T.  Burrows 1891 

Jacobson,  Edith  Augusta 1902 

James,  Ollie 1902 

Jameson,  Helen  A 1903 

Jay,  Ethel  May 1902 

Jeffers,  Arthur  L 1898 

Jeffers,  Ed  H 1898 

Jenison,  Marie  (Vaughan) 1895 

Jenkins,  Estelle  (Custer) 1896 


BOARDIOF  EDUCATION, 


93 


Jenkins,  Laura  (Rigey) 1896 

Jimison,  Edith  Irene 1905 

Johns,  Fannie  (Sedgwick) 1868 

Johnson,  Ada  M 1895 

Johnson,  Alvah  M 1895 

Johnson,  Cora  (Seifried) 1875 

Johnson,  Carrie  L.  (Stecher) 1886 

Johnson,  Edna  Bernice 1904 

Johnson,  Ella  Estelle 1901 

Johnson,  Frank  L 1889 

Johnson,  Grace 1900 

Johnson,  Gus  Hugh 1896 

Johnson,  James  D 1895 

Johnson,  Julia 1904 

Johnson,  Lucinda  A.  (Wheeler) 1888 

Johnson,  Mary  (Brown) 1873 

Johnson,  Milton,  Jr 1891 

Johnson,  Pauline  (Augustine) 1894 

Johnson,  Roy 1903 

Jones,  Arthur 1901 

Jones,  Florence  (Summers) 1900 

Jones,  Frances  Leona 1905 

Jones,  Harry; 1899 

Jones,  IdaT.  (Hartzel) 1873 

Jones,  Katie  (Aldrich) 1869 

Jones,  Louis 1901 

Jones,  Mabel  Frances 1905 

Judson,  Alice  M.  (Pringle) 1889 

Kain,  Ida  B.  (Martin) 1885 

Kautz,  Dixon  H 1890 

Keck,  Olga  E 1904 

Keeler,  Lucy  T.  (Hostetler) 1885 

Keeler,  Nell  (Brown) 1897 

Keeler,  Sidney  F 1902 

Keethes,  May  H.  (Freudenberg) 1888 

Keith,  James  Arthur 1896 

Kennedy,  William  Bertrand 1897 

Kell,  Myrtle  Maud 1899 

Kell,  Nettie  A 1904 

Keller,  Effie  Belle 1902 

Kelly,  Margarete  E 1903 

Kepler,  Guy  L 1904 

Kerr,  Josephine 1897 

Keusink,  Elmer  B 1902 

Keyes,  Charles  W 1901 

Kiester,  John  L 1887 

Killgore,  Maud  L 1895 

Kincaid,  Frank 1901 

Kincaid,  Ina  Lydia 1897 

Kincaid,  Kittie 1900 

King,  Alice  (Caldwell) 1902 

King,  Carrie 1896 

King,  Cora  B.  (Roach) 1879 

King,  Hazel  (Lanham) 1903 

King,  Lillian  (Doane) 1897 

King,  Sarah  Etta 1898 

Kinney,  John  William 1896 

Kirby,  Lewis  Isaac 1895 

Kirk,  Charles  A 1907 

Kirk,  Elizabeth r. 1902 

Kirk,  Frances 1900 

Kirk,  Josephine 1904 

Kizer,  Bessie  Olive 1905 

Kizer,  Harry  E 1888 

Knap,  W.  H 1879 

Knieper,  Elizabeth  (Leavenworth) 1888 

Knight,  Lee  1 1898 

Knight,  Mabel  A 1899 

Knoble,  William  B 1888 

Knotts,  Gertrude  B.  (Flood) 1901 

Knowlton,  Hoberta 1902 

Koehler,  Alma  A.  (Gilbert) 1885 

Kohler,  Joyce  V 1907 

Koons,  Leita  S 1905 


Kresin,  Martha  R 1901 

Kretzer,  Lucy 1892 

Kriegbaum,  Helen  C 1904 

Krone,  Nellie  0 1877 

Kuck,  Katherine  M 1907 

Kunkle,  Olive  0 1898 

LaMar,  Rozella 1896 

Landis,  Margaret  (Keith) 1898 

Lane,  Pearl 1896 

Lanham,  Birdie  Olive 1896 

Lanham,  Ruth  Marne 1903 

Large,  Notie  M.  (Bartholomew) 1880 

Latham,  Jacob 1888 

Laughlin,  Mabel  H.  (Matthews) 1899 

Laughlin,  Mary  (Miller) 1900 

Laughlin,  Mattie  E 1899 

Lawrence,  Sylvia  Lee  Delda 1903 

Leach,  Clyde  M 1898 

Leach,  Corinne 1900 

Leffingwell,  Sanford 1873 

Leforgee  Jessie  (McCoy) 1894 

Lehman,  Bert  E 1904 

Lehman,  Don  R 1902 

Legg,  Mary  Isabel 1903 

Leiby,  Cora  Irene 1905 

Leiby,  Jennie  (McMullen) 1891 

Leon,  Jessie 1903 

Leonard,  Raymond  H 1899 

Lewis,  Ida  J 1894 

Lewis,  Mary  E 1887 

Lewis,  Mary  L.  (Miller) :..1893 

Lichtenberger,  Cleo  M 1907 

Lichtenberger,  Ethel  L 1905 

Lichtenberger,  Jessie  F 1902 

Lindsay,  Ada  E 1899 

Lindsay,  Frank 1900 

Lindsay,  Laura 1876 

Lindsay,  Nettie  S 1885 

Lindsey,  Josephine  (Hill) 1905 

Lindsley,  Bertha  Elizabeth 1905 

Lindsley,  Ethel  Lilyan 1902 

Lipscomb,  Guy  W 1897 

Litterer,  Annie t 1884 

Litzenberger,  Annie  (Johnson) 1883 

Litzenberger,  Ella....* 1884 

Locher,  Fannie  T 1889 

Lockett,  Jessie  W 1890 

Logan,  Mabel 1900 

Long,  Alvah  W 1898 

Long,  Nellie  E 1904 

Longenecker,  Dora  K 1896 

Lord,  Mabel 1896 

Lorlng,  Ida  M 1898 

Love,  Florence 1907 

Love,  Nellie  Hanlon 1896 

Lower,  Adele  M.  (Nunneville) 1887 

Lukens,  Grace  (Bixby) 1884 

Lukens,  Lizzie  E 1879 

Lukens,  Mary  A.  (Collins) 1881 

Lutz,  Bessie  F.  (Imboden) 1897 

Lutz,  Caroline  S 1906 

Lyon,  Florence  L 1894 

Lyon,  Myrtle  V.  (Jenks) 1892 

Lyons,  Fannie  G 1893 

Lyons,  Jennie  (Martin) 1893 

Lyons,  John  R 1906 

Lytle,  Edith  M.  (Smith) 1890 

Lytle,  Ernest  B 1894 

Lytle,  George 1889 

Lytle,  G.  Hortense  (Heiby) 1897 

Lytle,  Robert  B 1888 

Mafiit,  Leslie  1899 

Maffit,  Robert  Usrey 1897 

Magee,  Ada  E.  (Suleeba) 1899 


94 


GENERAL  REPORT 


Magee,  John 1884 

Magee,  Mary  A 1887 

Magee,  Samuel 1893 

Mahannah,  Laura 1883 

Major,  Eva  Rilla 1897 

Malone,  Eva 1874 

Malone,  Sallie 1872 

Mann,  Albert 1898 

Mann,  Amy  Ida 1900 

Mann,  Earl 1902 

Mann,  Fred  E 1896 

Mark,  Elvira  E 1892 

Martin,  Cora  0 1895 

Martin,  Harriet  B 1895 

Martin,  James  H 1880 

Martin,  Laura  B 1877 

Martin,  Lida  C 1895 

Martin,  Lou  (Strader) 1877 

Martlett,  Emma  T.  (Leavitt) 1880 

Maris,  Sue 1899 

Mason,  Lola  E 1901 

Mattes,  Carleton  F 1905 

Mattheny,  Mabel 1906 

Matthews,  Elizabeth  (Bachman) 1891 

Matthews,  Mary  J.  (Newell) 1890 

May,  Jewel  Caroline 1906 

May,  Donnie  (Wheeler) 1894 

McAllister,  Zella 1899 

McBride,  Florence  (Walker) 1896 

McClelland,  Clarence  B 1882 

McClelland,  Edna  C 1903 

McClelland,  Everett  B 1907 

McClelland,  Sherman 1883 

McCollom,  Cecil  G 1899 

McCollom,  Norman 1901 

McCormick,  Ida  (Klett) 1881 

McCune,  W.  Clay 1877 

McGee,  Estelle 1906 

McGorray;  Margaret  (Schlaudeman) 1884 

McGowan,  Myrtle  T 1901 

McKensie,  Annie  (Leach) 1876 

McKenzie,  Christine  H.  (Witt) 1889 

McKenzie,  Elizabeth  G 1901 

McKenzie,  Jessie  P (Shreves) 1890 

McKinney,  Maud  E 1906 

McNeil,  Clara 1905 

McNeil,  Elizabeth  J (Barr) 1895 

McNeil,  Florence  J 1901 

McNeil,  Laura  A 1907 

McNulty,  Edward 1907 

McNumey,  Aileen 1900 

McReynolds,  Thomas  J 1886 

McRoberts,  Beckie  A.  (Bradfield) 1880 

McRoberts,  Ella  C.  (Kinhart) 1887 

Mead,  Alice 1892 

Mead,  Anna  L 1893 

Medford,  Charles  E 1896 

Meister,  Louise  C.  (Brohel) 1880 

Weriweather,  Jessie  (Pluck) 1898 

Meriweather,  Notie  (Kent) 1897 

Merker,  Minerva  J 1900 

Merris,  Fannie  (Daggett) 1896 

Merritts,  Louise 1899 

Metz,  Carrie 1902 

Metz,  Harry 1889 

Metz,  Henrietta 1892 

Meyers,  Alva  John 1896 

Myers,  L,  Eva  T 1895 

Michle,  Nellie  (Graybill) 1892 

Midkiff,  Harry  Floyd 1902 

Milbum,  Priscilla,  (Smith) 1874 

Miller,  Hallie  May 1903 

Miller,  John 1892 

Miller,  Mary  M 1897 


Miller,  May  Olivia 1896 

Miller,  Opal  C 1902 

Miller,  Trenna  June 1901 

Millikin  Desdemona  (Bevans) 1889 

Mills,  Elizabeth  N.  (Dawson) 1891 

Mills,  Gertrude  A 1905 

Mills,  Helen  E 1905 

Mills,  Judith  B 1902 

Mills,  Mary  E 1899 

Mills,  Ralph  G 1897 

Mills,  Walter  H 1897 

Mitchell,  Clara  E.  (Lehman) 1893 

Mitchell,  Leonard 1894 

Mitchell,  Lucius 1901 

Moffit,  Ida  (May) 1872 

Montgomery,  Dwight  A 1905 

Montgomery,  Edith  F 1897 

Montgomery,  James 1898 

Montgomery,  Jessie  A 1894 

Montgomery,  Jessie  Sumuelva 1903 

Montgomery,  Kate  F.  (Sullivan) 1891 

Montgomery,  Laura 1878 

Montgomery,  Lida  (Stafford) 1895 

Montgomery,  Lillian 1902 

Montgomery,  Lola  (Perry) 1890 

Montgomery,  M.  Alberta 1904 

Montogmery,  Mildred  H 1906 

Montgomery,  Noy  Oglesby  (Nicholson). ..1898 

Moore,  Harry  T 1904 

Moore,  Hattie  E 1901 

Moore,  James  T 1878 

Moore,  Mary  E.  (Ochiltree) 1895 

Moore,  Nellie  G 1895 

Moore,  Viola 1880 

Morgan,  Georgette 1903 

Morgan,  Harry  Comeau 1901 

Morgan,  Helen  Gertrude 1906 

Morgan,  Marie 1905 

Morris,  Jean 1906 

Mosser,,  Maggie  (Robinson) 1878 

Mowry,  Albert  E 1890 

Mueller,  Leda 1905 

Mueller,  Phyllis 1907 

Muir,  Jeanie  Margaret 1896 

Munsie,  Robert 1901 

Munson,  Grace  Anna 1896 

Murphy,  Charles  R 1881 

Murphy,  Eva  May  (Steams) 1889 

Murphy,  Fred  E 1885 

Murphy,  Lizzie  A 1879 

Murrell,  Bessie  Iona 1902 

Murrell,  Margaret  P 1898 

Muthersbaugh,  Emma  (Pitner) 1897 

Muthersbaugh,  Mabel  Alice 1900 

Myers,  Benson,  A.  L 1897 

Myers,  Lulu  Elizabeth 1905 

Naftel,  Grace 1901 

Nebinger,  Mary  (Stadelman)) 1882 

Neiman,  Anna  Adele 1896 

Neiman,  Clarence  C 1900 

Nein,  William 1904 

Neisler,  N.  LaRue 1905 

Nelson,  Charlotte  B 1898 

Newell,  Florence  Aletha 1907 

Newell,  Jennie  (WJlson) 1868 

Nichols,  Estelle  E 1900 

Nichols,  Eva 1884 

Nichols,  Jessica  N 1897 

Nichols,  L.  Aldridge 1900 

Nichols,  Lillie  Maude 1903 

Nickens,  Florence 1901 

Nickens,  Josephine  Estelle 1903 

Niedermeyer,  Arthur 1907 

Niedermeyer,  Clara 1896 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 


95 


Niedermeyer,  Esther 1904 

Niedermeyer,  Frederick  D 1897 

Nims,  Herbert  E 1890 

Nolan,  Nellie  H 1905 

Noonan,  Dena  M 1905 

Norman,  Tillie  (Bascom) 1875 

Nye,  Frances  C 1903 

Oakes,  Bernice 1897 

Oakes,  Florence  Louise 1906 

Oakes,  George  R 1897 

Oakes,  Marguerite  Ethel 1902 

Oard,  Jessie 1904 

Odor,  G.  Edgar 1897 

Odor,  Virginia  N.  (Rickey) 1886 

Olsen,  Elsa  O.  Maria 1904 

Owen,  Myrtle  Angela 1897 

Owen,  Roy  P 1897 

Owens,  George  F 1901 

Packard,  Russell  C 1897 

Padgitt,  Charles  Walter 1901 

Pahmeyer,  Fred  0 1901 

Pahmeyer,  Harry  W 1907 

Painter,  Nellie  E 1901 

Farish,  James  Benjamin 1896 

Park,  Elizabeth  M.  (Beggs) 1890 

Parker,  Minnie  A.  (Hostetler) 1877 

Parrish,  Roy  Clifford 1901 

Pasold,  Notie  R 1907 

Patrick,  Amanda  B 1905 

Patterson,  Letha 1902 

Payne,  Daisy  V 1902 

Peake,  Virginia  A 1893 

Pease,  Arthur  Bonnom 1896 

Pease,  Rollin  B 1900 

Penhallegon,  Jessie  R *...1900 

Penhallegon,  Lucy  W 1899 

Penniwell,  N.  Grace 1889 

Perry,  Goldie  Miller 1906 

Peters,  Edgar  George 1905 

Peters,  Susie 1901 

Petsch,  Emma 1884 

Phillips,  Anna  Mabel  (Freeman) 1899 

Phillips,  Clara  E 1902 

Phillips,  Clara  E.  (Watts) 1897 

Phillips,  Margaret  Gertrude  (DeLamaster 

1898 

Pickerell,  Amanda  (Cruthers) 1883 

Pitner,  Thomas  W 1894 

Pitts,  Florence  J (Shellabarger) 1888 

Platt,  Alfred 1897 

Plummer,  Myra  Edwards 1896 

Pope,  Grace  L.  (Gulick) 1901 

Post,  Celia 1900 

Post,  Lilian  M 1898 

Potter,  Marguerite 1907 

Fowers,  Marie  (Tureman) 1899 

Prater,  Banus  H 1899 

Prather,  Annie  M.  (VanRiper) 1882 

Prather,  Otto  G 1898 

Pratt,  Abbie 1878 

Pratt,  Ada  E.  (Baldwin) 1881 

Pratt,  Nellie  (Tucker) 1878 

Pratt,  Nellie  G.  (Vance) 1894 

Prestley,  Frank  E 1888 

Frice,  Grace  G 1904 

Friest,  Mary  Ethel 1899 

Priest,  Pansy  Blossom 1900 

Pritchett,  Ada  S.  (Bean) 1889 

Pritchett,  Ella 1902 

Pritchett,  Lena  A 1902 

Pritchett,  Nettie  C 1886' 

Pyatt,  Dorothy  C 1904 

Quimby,  Lillian  May 1903 

Quinlan,  Edgar  A..v 1896 


Quinlan,  Ethel  L 1898 

Quinlan,  J.  Milroy 1904 

Quinlan,  Kate 1892 

Quinlan,  Lena 1895 

Quinlan,  William 1884 

Race,  Arthur 1883 

Race,  Lewis 1883 

Radcliff,  Fallis  S.  (Miller) 1890 

Radcliff,  Nora  (Starr) 1887 

Radford,  Clarence  0 1906 

Rainey,  Ada  (Wallace) 1897 

Rainey,  Annie  E.  (Stafford) 1888 

Rainey,  Florence  G.  (Donnelly) 1886 

Rainey,  Louis  T 1895 

Ralston,  Bessie 1901 

Ramsey,  Mary  R.  (Wells) 1895 

Randall,  Bertha  T 1887 

Randolph,  Cyrus  T 1880 

Ray,  Robert  W 1906 

Record,  Carrie  A 1894 

Record,  Charles  F 1897 

Record,  Grace  O.  (Flint) 1899 

Record,  Pearl 1903 

Redmon,  Blanche 1907 

Redmon,  James  R 1907 

Redmon,  Minnie *..1901 

Reed,  Jessie  G 1902 

Reeme,  Clara  E.  (Widick) 1888 

Reeme,  Emma  (Davidson) . 1869 

Renshaw,  Cora  (Keller) 1884 

Reeve,  Feme  L 1907 

Richardson,  Claribelle 1902 

Richmond,  Mabel 1902 

Riggin,  Fred  L 1903 

Riley,  Katherine  Louise 1907 

Risser,  Hazel  M 1904 

Rixse,  George  Earle 1904 

Rixse,  Sadie 1896 

Robbins,  Ida  Angeline 1902 

Robbins,  Mary  E.  (Ryder) 1880 

Roberts,  Alice 1867 

Roberts,  Carrie  1 1895 

Roberts,  Ira  N.  T 1892 

Roberts,  James  M 1881 

Roberts,  L.  Madeline 1893 

Roberts,  Ruth 1906 

Robertson,  Eugene  Clifton 1902 

Robertson,  Paul  F 1900 

Robinson,  Alice  C.  (Pitner) 1890 

Robinson,  John  B 1887 

Roby,  Anne  H.  (Vincent) 1895 

Roby,  Frank  C 1881 

Roby,  Kilbum  H 1889 

Roby,  Luther  E 1891 

Roby,  Mary  Lois  (Brown) 1885 

Roe,  Sallie  (Baird) 1869 

Roddy,  Bertha  J.  (Lampkin) 1896 

Rodgers,  Edith  Fay 1902 

Rogan,  Jonathan 1887 

Rogan,  Robert  R 1882 

Roney,  Ralph  T 1902 

Ross,  Albert  Henry 1905 

Ross,  Edward  W 1904 

Ross,  Flora  Emma 1906 

Rothfuss,  William  J 1896 

Rubicam,  Bertha  M 1902 

Ruckle,  Inez  E 1904 

Ruckle,  Rosa  B 1893 

Ruddock,  Alice  M 1902 

Rudaock,  Etta  M 1897 

Ruehl,  Harold 1899 

Ruehl,  Max  C 1894 

Rugh,  Hallie 1903 

Rugh,  Myrtle 1905 


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GENERAL  REPORT 


Rupp,  Alice  Mae 1902 

Russell,  Annie  E.  (White) 1877 

Russell,  Lou  (Crhze) 1884 

Russell,  William  E 1906 

Ryan,  Abbie 1874 

Ryan,  Louis  R 1903 

Sanderlin,  Leora  (Smallwood) 1890 

Sanders,  R.  Zink 1903 

Sanders,  Winnora  E 1904 

Sanderson,  Christine  (Conover) 1883 

Sanderson,  Sarah  (Wilson) 1897 

Sanford,  Stella 1907 

Sanner,  Bessie  (Clark) 1897 

Sanner.Roy  W 1899 

Sanner,  Clara  (Foster) 1897 

Sawyer,  Elsie  L.  (Murray) 1904 

Sawyer,  Lida  (Hayes) 1894 

Sawyer,  Roy  G 1902 

Scanlon,  Mabel  C 1900 

Schroeder,  Nell  (Dunston) 1886 

Schroeder,  Thaddeus 1889 

Schroll,  Charles 1885 

Schroll,  Fred 1894 

Schroll,  Nell  (Clark) 1890 

Schudel,  Robert  C 1897 

Schulz,  Walter  John 1903 

Schutz,  Mabel  A 1902 

Scott,  Alverada  J.  (Foster) 1879 

Scott,  Augusta  R 1901 

Scott,  Eunice  (Chandler) 1893 

Scott,  Florence 1903 

Scott,  Pearl  H 1895 

Scovill,  Ethel  (Carpenter) 1896 

Screeton,  Amelia 1902 

Search,  Katherine 1882 

Seiberling,  Leah  M 1901 

Shade,  Dorothy  J 1907 

Shade,  Lewis  William 1905 

Shaffer,  Laura  (Morrison) 1894 

Shaffer,  Sallie 1894 

Shea,  John  C 1891 

Shea,  Josie  (Baum) 1876 

Sheen,  James  G 1901 

Shellabarger,  Adele  (Hillman) 1880 

Shelley,  Lafayette 1883 

Shelley,  Minnie  E.  (Rice) 1880 

Shelley,  Wesley  W 1889 

Shepherd,  Annie  (Witt) 1872 

Sherrick,  Elizabeh 1889 

Sherrick,  Kathleen  (Huff) 1886 

Shimer,  Mabel  R.  (Cassell) 1895 

Shirey,  Willis  Bion 1896 

Shockley,  Rella  (Hurst) 1880 

Shorb,  Gertrude  (Martin) 1888 

Shultz,  Wilhelmina 1877 

Shumate,  Frances  Louise 1906 

Shupp,  Celia  (Buchanan) 1875 

Sikes,  Geneva  M 1900 

Sikes,  Irene  (Smith) 1899 

Sikking,  Lucy 1904 

Simon,  Katherine  E.  (Pennington) 1891 

Simon,  Louise  B 1895 

Simon,  Mary  B (Whiting) 1890 

Sinclair,  Clarence  E 1906 

Sine,  Audrey  Josephine 1906 

Sine,  Litta  M.  (Freeman) 1901 

Skelley,  Sadie  L 1899 

Sly,  Maurice  Stanley 1906 

Smeltzer,  Mae  M 1900 

Smetters,  Lida  (Westerman) 1897 

Smick,  Mabel  C 1891 

Smith,  Annie  (Close) 1874 

Smith,  Chester  A 1901 

Smith,  El  win  Jeston 1906 


Smith,  Fannie  S (Gray) 1877 

Smith,  Gertrude  (Huff) 1881 

Smith,  Jessie  R 1893 

Smith,  Mary  Elizabeth 1907 

Smith,  Mary  Theresa 1901 

Smith,  Matt  R 1883 

Smith,  Nellie  B 1873 

Smith,  Virginia  E (Hardy) 1£87 

Smock,  Walter  F 1899 

Snell,  Pauline  V 1906 

Snyder,  Ira  Earle 1907 

Snyder,  Silas  E 1888 

Sollars,  Jeanette  (Crozier) 1885 

Sollars,  Lulu  (Wheelock) 1877 

Sollars,  Maggie  (Caldwell) 1870 

Somerville,  Asa  C 1890 

Spalding,  Elizabeth 1897 

Spangler,  Carrie  (Daniels) 1878 

Spees,  Clifford 1905 

Spence,  James 1888 

Spencer,  Bertha  (Minor) 1891 

Spencer,  Estelle 1881 

Spencer,  Jessie 1881 

Stadler,  Harry  N 1905 

Stahl,  Otto  R .1903 

Staley,  Irene  E 1905 

Stamper,  Alice  (Martin) 1872 

Stare,  Clara  E 1878 

Stare,  Lottie  E(Fritz( 1885 

Stare,  Nonette  (Hovey) 1895 

Starr,  Baldwin 1895 

Starr,  Esther  Marie 1906. 

Stauffer,  F.  H.  Marguerite 1899 

Steele,  Belle  (Donahoe) 1887 

Steele,"  Charles  Moore 1897 

Steele,  Jessie  R (Wangelin) 1888 

Steinbach,  Marie 1897 

Stephens,  Jessie  (Page) .* 1880 

Sterrett,  Mary  C 1897 

Stevens,  Edwin  L 1887 

Stevens,  Harry  Conklin 1897 

Stevenson,  Louise 1904 

Stevenson,  Mary  Jessie 1896 

Stevenson,  William  P 1900 

Stewart,  Bessye  E 1904 

Stewart,  Frank  H 1902 

Stewart,  Robert  D 1882 

Still,  Celia  Louise 1905 

Still,  Iva  M 1901 

Stivers,  William  M 1903 

Stommell,  Clara 1882 

Stookey,  Helen  Florence 1900 

Stookey,  Marshall  C 1900 

Stout,  Anna  C 1901 

Stout,  Lilian  M 1896 

Stout,  Mabel  E 1901 

Stoy,  Maud  (Klee) 1894 

Strader,  Edna  L 1905 

Strobel,  D.  Fred 1902 

Stuart,  Grace  Lillian 1902 

Stuart,  M.  Edna  (Kenney) 1898 

Stultz,  Mary  M.  (Sanner) 1890 

Summers,  Albert  T 1875 

Sweeney,  Angie  T 1881 

Sweeny,  Lloyd  J 1901 

Swette,  Jessie  Lucretia 1900 

Taylor,  Frances  L 1879 

Taylor,  Perley  W 1881 

Templeton,  Ralph 1885 

Terry,  Elizabeth  Allen 1907 

Terry,  Helena 1905 

Thatcher,  Mabel 1902 

Thayer,  Esther  Louise 1900 

Thomas,  John  W 1887 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 


97 


Thomas,  Sallie  R 1899 

Thom,  Mabel  E 1903 

Tinkler,  Annie  (Ward) 1881 

Tobey,  Litta 1897 

Tolladay,  Fred 1901 

Tolladay,  Mary  (Starr) ...1896 

Towl,  Elizabeth  Ruth 1898 

Towl,  Elmer 1888 

Towne,  Laura 1906 

Trainer,  Amanda.. (Mann) 1895 

Troutman,  Bertha 1899 

Troutman,  Jeanette 1905 

Troutman,  Jennie  (Albert) 1882 

Troutman,  Katherine 1903 

Tucker,  Florence  J 1905 

Tucker,  Susie  (Jones) 1899 

Tullis,  Laura  (Derrickson) 1896 

Turner,  Harry 1895 

Turner,  Helen 1905 

Turner,  Sallie  (Craig) 1877 

Tuttle,  Alonzo  H 1891 

Tuttle,  Annie  E (Phelps) 1879 

Tuttle,  Mary  A.  (McFarland) 1891 

Tyler,  Alice  S 1877 

Ullrich,  John 1878 

Ullrich,  Lena  (Ewing) 1890 

Ullrich,  Luetta  (Bumstead) 1887 

Underwood,  Cornelia  B 1891 

Usrey,  Ella 1878 

Vail,  Bryant 1897 

Vail,  Robert  P 1895 

Valentine,  Ruth  (Johnson) 1901 

VanBuskirk,  Edna 1906 

VanCleve,  Arthur 1904 

Van  Cleve,  Edith  Joy 1907 

VanDeventer,  Florence 1907 

VanGilder,  Harry 1902 

VanGuilder,  Arthur 1900 

VanMeter,  Edith < 1907 

VanRiper,  Myrtle  (Keough) 1885 

Varner,  Myrtle  (Millizen) 1874 

Vermillion,  Charles  Edward,  1898 

Vermillion,  Ellen  M.  (Myers) 1896 

Vestal,  John  L 1870 

Vetterliet,  Anna  S 1893 

Vigus,  James  Blair 1896 

Voelcker,  John  J 1896 

Voelcker,  Rosa 1894 

VonEnde,  Clara 1905 

Votaw,  Jennie  Marguerite 1907 

Waddell,  John  L 1900 

Waddell,  Wilkie  Logan 1902 

Wade,  Jessie  M.  (Peck) 1895 

Waggoner,  Josephine  (Baird) 1897 

Wait,  Arthur 1890 

Wait,  Clarence 1885 

Wait,  Fao 1900 

Walker,  Frank 1903 

Walker,  Grace  (Yohe) 1896 

Walker,  Leona  T 1905 

Wallace  Edith  M 1898 

Wallace,  Maud  B 1897 

Wallace,  Myra  Belle  (Bowen) 1901 

Wallace,  Victoria  (Arthur) 1888 

Walston,  Dora  (Johnson) 1882 

Walter,  James  H 1906 

Waltz,  J.  Foster  T 1895 

Wamecke,  J.  Henry 1900 

Warren,  Besssie  Margaret 1907 

Warren,  Nellie  F 1901 

Warwick,  Lela  A 1897 

Washburn,  Fritz  LeRoy 1902 

Watkins,  Alice  F 1907 

Watkins,  Carl  L 1905 


Watkins,  Moses  A 1900 

Watson,  Dora  E 1904 

Waughop,  Dora  E.  (Severance) 1873 

Wayne,  Frances  Effie  (Parrish) 1901 

Wayne,  Gertrude  (Kemper) 1892 

Wayne,  Mabel  A 1894 

Wayne,  William  A 1904 

Webber,  Margaretha 1907 

Webster,  Ida  (Shultz) 1892 

Weems,  Thomas  Buck 1898 

Weigand,  Emma  R 1887 

Welfley.'Maud  R 1899 

Wells,  Frank 1880 

Welsh,  Savilla  Blanch  (Munsie) 1905 

Wentz,  Anna  E.  (Irvin) 1887 

West,  Edith  T 1903 

Westerman,  Augusta  (Schroll) 1885 

Westerman,  Fritz 1883 

Westerman,  H.  Theo 1886 

Westerman,  Julius  T 1889 

Westerman,  Max 1883 

Westerman,  Will  L..  1890 

Westhafer,  Lollie  C 1907 

Weyl,  Clara  A 1890 

Wheeler,  Luella  Esther 1899 

Wheeler,  Myrtle 1895 

White,  Carrie  Louise 1900 

White,  Clara  May 1899 

White,  Ida  M.  (Gay) 1895 

White,  Laura 1892 

Whitmer,  Alberta  (Byrne) 1887 

Whitmer,  Cora  (McNabb) 1886 

Whitsit,  Beulah 1882 

Whitsit,  Jesse  E 1891 

Whitsit,  Laura  Gertrude  (Page) 1886 

Wiefel,  L.  Irene 1900 

Wiefel,  M.  Margaret 1900 

Wikoff,  Jennie  Fay 1901 

Wikoff,  Jesse  L 1898 

Wiley,  Ethelyn 1907 

Wilhelmy,  Nellie  (Pease) 1895 

Wilhelmy,  Orville 1901 

Wilhelmy,  Sylvester 1897 

Wilking,  Maud  (Hoover) 1901 

Willard,  Edith 1902 

Williams,  Cordelia  (Downing) 1897 

Williams,  Emmaretta  (Hopkins) 1867 

Williams,  Estelle  Verne 1897 

Williams,  Guy  W 1895 

Williams,  Lucy  Lavinia 1900 

Williams,  Margaret  (Cake) 1887 

Williams,  Mattie  (Thompson) 1884 

Williams,  Maurice  Guy 1899 

Williams,  Mollie  (Muzzy) 1885 

Williams,  Sybil  L 1901 

Williams,  Wayne  C 1897 

Wilson,  Bessie  Belle 1900 

Wilson,  Blanch  (Morrell) 1884 

Wilson,  Charles  C 1890 

Wilson,  Mabel  E 1891 

Wilson,  Mae  Belle 1905 

Wilson,  Roy  R 1894 

Wilson,  Sarah  (Mills) 1895 

Wingate,  Bettie  (Lindamood) 1876 

Wingate,  George  A 1877 

Winslow,  James  A 1887 

Wise,  Clara  M 1905 

Wise,  Howard  H 1905 

Wise,  Leonard  E 1902 

Wise,  Mary  (Burks) 1876 

Wiswell,  Jesse 1885 

Wittlinger,  Emma  M 1901 

Witzeman,  Edgar 1901 

Witzeman,  Luella 1907 


98 


GENERAL  REPORT 


Witzeman,  William  A 1903 

Wohlfarth,  Jennie  Pearl 1901 

Wolfer,  John  A 1899 

Wood,  Ardie  (Righter) 1895 

Wood,  Charles  M 1899 

Wood,  Harriet  W 1897 

Wood,  Irene 1895 

Wood,  Mamie  T.  (Armstrong) 1881 

Wood,  Margaret  Alice  (Dinges) 1896 

Wood,  Mary  W.  (Forrester) 1891 

Wood,  Will 1884 

Woodford,  Edna  M 1897 

Woodford,  Frances  M 1891 


Woodruff,  Wilson  B 1891 

Wortham,  Nellie  Lura 1901 

Wright,  Louise 1900 

Wright,  Nellie  H 1901 

Yaeck,  Bertha 1905 

Yates,  Charles  Richard 1903 

Young,  Bessie  1 1895 

Young,  Bess  Nell 1899 

Young,  Jennie  (Pratt) 1874 

Young,  Madge  A 1903 

Young,  Samuella 1903 

Zimmerly,  Claude  Kyle 1901 


BOARD  OF  EDUCATION. 


99 


IN  CONCLUSION 

It  had  been  Mr.  Gastman’s  plan  to  retire  from  active  service  Sep- 
tember 1,  1907,  and  then  to  prepare  a report  covering  his  entire  admin- 
istration, giving  a detailed  account  of  the  years  from  1900-1907. 
His  sudden  and  unexpected  death  in  August,  however,  prevented  him 
from  carrying  out  his  plans  and  the  work  of  writing  the  report  devolved 
upon  some  one  else.  It  has  been  the  aim  of  the  compiler  to  have  this 
report  conform  to  the  one  issued  by  Mr.  Gastman.  in  1900. 

A careful  perusal  of  the  foregoing  pages  will  show  that  the  schools 
had  a wonderful  development  under  Mr.  Gastman’s  administration. 
He  took  charge  here  when  there  was  only  one  school  house  and  some 
branch  schools  and  a force  of  twenty-three  teachers.  At  the  close  of 
his  term  of  service  there  were  thirteen  buildings  and  a force  of  one  hundred 
fifteen  teachers.  More  than  three  hundred  forty  thousand  dollars  had 
been  expended  for  erecting  school  buildings  and  more  than  two  million 
dollars  for  carrying  on  the  work  of  the  schools. 

The  course  of  study  of  the  grades  was  enriched  from  time  to  time 
by  the  addition  of  music,  drawing,  physical  culture,  construction  work, 
manual  training,  knife-work  and  sewing.  The  work  of  the  high  school 
is  of  so  high  a standard  that  the  leading  universities  have  placed  it  on 
the  accredited  list,  while  its  courses  in  cooking  and  manual  training  have 
won  the  hearts  of  those  who  are  skeptical  as  to  the  value  of  a high  school 
offering  only  cultural  courses. 

These  innovations  were  made  so  gradually  and  so  unobstrusively 
that  the  public  was  hardly  aware  of  them,  and  quite  unconscious  of  the 
infinite  patience  and  tremendous  labor  required  to  make  them.  Since 
1 865  five  hundred  twenty-five  teachers  have  helped  to  carry  on  the  work 
of  the  schools  and  one  thousand  four  hundred  seventy-seven  young  men 
and  young  women  have  completed  the  high  school  course. 

Who  will  ever  be  able  to  estimate  what  Mr.  Gastman’s  forty-five 
years  have  meant  to  this  community?  He  needs  not  our  praises.  The 
kindly  affection  with  which  the  hundreds  of  men  and  women  associated 
with  him  in  school  work  remember  him,  is  a greater  tribute  to  his  memory 
than  any  eulogy  which  we  might  utter,  and  the  Decatur  schools , which 
he  organized  into  the  present  system , are  a monument  more  lasting  and 
of  greater  significance  and  importance  than  any  which  we  might  erect. 


Table  Showing  the  Number  of  Pupils  and  Teachers  and  the  Cost  Per  Pupil;  Also  the  Number  in  the  High  School  from  1900-1907. 


Amount  Raised  for 
School  Purposes. 

$68  ,500  .44 

65  ,826  .24 

79  ,859  .06 

79  ,905  .31 

130,913.62 

100  ,785  .05 

135 ,689  .63 

School  Tax-rate 

CO  00  00  t-h  O 1-H 

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Total  Tax-rate 

h|n 

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Assessed  Valua- 
tion of  Property. 

$3 ,976  ,494 

3 ,916  ,500 

3 ,467  ,739 

3 ,457  ,135 

3,609,218 

3,962,198 

4,224,942 

Total 

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Salary  of 

Superintendent . . 

2,000 

2,000 

2,000 

2,000 

2,000 

2,000 

2,000 

Lowest  Salary 

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of  Teacher 

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Number  Teachers 

Employed 

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Total  Cost  includ- 
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Cost  for  Tuition 
Alone 

$14.76 

15.55 

16.17 
15.40 
15.45 

, 16  .53 

17.17 

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Per  Cent,  of 

Attendance 

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Number  ini  Dailv 
Attendance 

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Pupils  Enrolled.. 

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Number  of  School 
Age  in  Dist 

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The  Cost  of  Tuition  is  Computed  on  the  Average  Daily  Attendance. 


